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Question 545890: Cindy is 14 years less than twice the age of her husband. if the sum of their ages is 55, how old are they?
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Question 545961: Achilles was trying to figure out the ages of three commanders Alexander, Bart, and Cicero, in his army. The sum of their ages was 80; Alexander was two years younger than Bart, and the sum of the ages of Alexander and Bart was 20 more than the age of Cicero. What are their ages?
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Question 546100: andy is twice as old as kate. in 6 years their ages with total 60. how old is each now?
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Question 546365: Antonio is seven less than four times his daughter's age. Antonio is 37; how old is his daughter?
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Question 546476: How old is Pepe if in 9 years he will be 4 years as old as he is now?
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Question 546553: The sum of Marian's age and David's age when they were married was 44. Five years after they were married, twice David's age minus three times Marian's age was -22. How old were each when they were married?

I have tried using the elimination method by using two equations, but I'm still not sure. Please help me with this.
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Question 547231: David is 3 years older than his brother in 2 years the sum of thier ages will be 19. How old are David and his brother?

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Question 547390: Will you please help me solve this problem? i have tried, but i just cannot figure out how to do it. It is on my semester exam study guide. here is the problem: John is 3 times as old as Beth. The sum of their ages is 36. How old is John.
i have put it in a table to clean my work up, and i made john equal X. and then i got to X=3x. i cannot figure out the rest. your help would be appreciated. thank you.
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Question 547507: Jesse has a puppy whose age in months is half Jesse's age in years. In five years, the puppy's age in months will be five more than twice Jess'es age in years. What is the puppy's current age?
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Question 547644: I need help with an age problem. Mrs.Bruce lacks 1 year from being 5 times as old as her son. Five years from now she will lack 1 year from being 3 times as old as her son will be then. Find each of their ages.
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Question 547856: michelle's age is 10 years less than 5 times sarah's age. If the sum of their age is 44 years, find their ages.
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Question 547856: michelle's age is 10 years less than 5 times sarah's age. If the sum of their age is 44 years, find their ages.
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Question 547974: Lewis and Vernon are 152 miles apart. A car leaves Lewis headed toward Vernon, and another car leaves Vernon at the same time headed towards Lewis, the car leaving Lewis averages 10mph more than the other and they meet after 1hr and 36 min. what are the average speeds of the cars?
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Question 547698: As my younger brother shouted out four consecutive integers, I divided each by my age (an integer), then added all four remainders to get 40. As he shouted out four other consecutive Integers,I divided each by his age (a different integer), added all four remainders, and again got 40. What is the sum of our ages.
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Question 547982: If x units of a product costs C dollars to manufacture and earn revenue of R dollars, the value of x where the expressions for C and R are equal is called the break-even quantity, the number of units that produce zero profit. Find the break-even quantiry when C=14x + 28000 and R=16x
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Question 548257: In 12 years time,I shall be three times the age i was 10 years ago, how old am i?
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Question 548257: In 12 years time,I shall be three times the age i was 10 years ago, how old am i?
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Question 548009: Aunt Karen is eight years younger than twice the age of Mary. Their ages add up to twenty-eight. Find the ages of Aunt Karen and Mary.

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Question 548293: the time is 7A.M. and there is six inches of snow how much snow would be on the ground the night before at 11P.M. if the snow fell at a rate of .5 inches per hour and the equation is 6+0.5x
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Question 548544: brian is 2 years older than bob who is 7 years older than mark. if their combined age 61 years, find the age of each person
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Question 548545: brian is 2 years older than bob who is 7 years older than mark. if their combined age 61 years, find the age of each person
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Question 548610: how old is x father if he is 5 more than 3 times as old as x?
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Question 549169: jim is now three times as old as amy. four years ago, jim was seven times as old as amy was then. Find their present ages.
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Question 549205: joe is 3/5 as old as brother sam. in 5 years sam will be one and one half times as old as joe.. how old is joe now.
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Question 549252: A father is four times as old as his son is. Five years back he was seven times as old as his son was then, what is the present age of the father?
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Question 549271: hey my name is linn and to make a long story short I slacked off in high school. I did not learn much on word prblms. I find them very difficult and I am trying to raise my asvab score so could you give me some tips on how to understand the algebraic word prblms. thank you
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Question 549200: joe is 3/5 as old as brother sam. in 5 years sam will be one and one half times as old as joe.. how old is joe now.
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Question 549298: After 8 years raj will be 3 times as old as he was 2 years ago.His present age is?
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Question 548406: Write an equation that models how old in years each of you will be, when your ages add up to 150 years old. For example, if x = your age and the eldest person was a year older than you, you would write their age as x + 1. Then the equation would be: x + (x+1) = 150. The ages are 53, 9, 40.
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Question 549002: Alice is 4 years younger than Ben and 9 years older than Carly their combined ages are 79. How old is Alice
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Question 549351: Judy is three times her daughter's age. If the difference between their ages is 30, how old is the daughter?
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Question 549369: Jim is 6 more than twice Ernie's age. If Jim is 56 how old is Ernie?
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Question 549428: The total of three sisters' ages is 39. Dina is half as old as Michelle and 3 years younger than Juliette. How old are the sisters?

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Question 549503: Susi is 25 years younger then her mother.

In 7 years the mother will be 5 times older then Susi.
cant figure this one out How old is the mother when she's 5times older and how old is susi???????????

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Question 549695: nick is twice as old as Noah. Nine years ago, nick was five times as old as Noah. How old is each now?
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Question 549725: there are two clocks. one runs 1min/hr faster and other runs 1min/hr slower. when will the two clocks have a time difference of 1 hr?

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Question 549728: The age of father is twice the age of elder son.Ten years hence,the age of father will be three times the younger son.If the difference in the ages of two sons is 15 years,Then the age of father is?
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Question 549635: jack is three times as old as Jill the total of their ages is 72. Find the age of each person
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Question 549914: How to make an equation from '" 5 years less than twice "
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Question 549915: This christmas, your brother Jeff will be 2 years from being twice as old as his siter Megan. The sum of Jeff's age and 3 times Megan's age is 66. How old is Megan?
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Question 549934: Beth is 8 2/3 older than Ben. The Sum of their ages is 23 Years.How old is Ben ?
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Question 549934: Beth is 8 2/3 older than Ben. The Sum of their ages is 23 Years.How old is Ben ?
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Question 550016: Nobody knows how old Aunt Helen is nut she gave a few hints. She passed 1/20 of her life before she started school. She spent 3/20 of her life in school; She worked for 1/10 of her life before she got married. She was married for 2/5 of her life. Her husband died after 7/10 of her life. From reading uncle Harry's gravestone you find out that she has been a widow for 24 years. How old is aunt Helen?
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Question 550167: Several of us at work have attempted this with no success!
A father and son are aged 71 and 34 respectively, at what age was the father 3 times the age of his son and at what age will the son be half his fathers age?
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Question 550286: Kate is 12 years old. His age is 4 times the age of Robbie. Find the age of Robbie.
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