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Question 556012: bill is 4 times as old as john.five year ago the sum of their ages was 50 how old are they now
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Question 556152: A man is five times as old as his daughter. six years ago,the product of their age was 324.find their present age.
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Question 556834: Topic: Math Problem
Q. What is 1/12th of $39,748.00 US Dollars?
Thanx :-)
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b) christopher.b.jenkins.civ@mail.mil
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Question 556871: A girl asks her mother's age and is told, "Six years ago I was nine times your age. Now I am only three times your age." What are the present ages of the girl and her mother?

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Question 556802: in a family mother's age is twice that of daughters age father is 10 years older than mother. brother is 20 years younger than mother and 5 years older than his sister. what is fathers age.
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Question 557001: emily is employed by sunset foods. she was instructed to create 30 pund mixture of peanuts that sell for 3.25 per pound and pecans that sell for 5.75 per pound. this mixture is to be worth 4.75 per pound. how many pounds of peanuts and pecans must be used?
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Question 557071: Diane is 23 year older than her daughter Amy in 6 year Diane will be twice as old as Amy how old are they now
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Question 557387: please help me with my Math HW i cant do it...
A man is twice as old as his son. If 9 years ago the sum of their ages was 66 years, find their present ages.
Thanks guys! please help!
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Question 557238: 5 years ago, Jay was seven years older than Mary. In five years, Mary will be half as old as Jay (or Jay will be twice as old as Mary). How old is Mary now?
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Question 557806: the product of tanay's age five yrs ago and his age ten yrs later is 16.find their present agd.
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Question 557802: 3 years ago Ella's age 21 more than her son's age.
in 6 years ella's age 12 more than twice her son's age.
what is there age?

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Question 557819: US Pres. George W. Bush, Jr. came to the Philippines on October 18, 2003. How many years, months, or days ago was that today?
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Question 558311: PLEASE help me for this :(
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In 3 years, Alex will be 3 times as old as his sister Precy.A year ago, Alex was 7 times as old as Precy. How old are they now?
Pls. reply immediately. THAnks :))
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Question 558653: Please help me solve this two step equation - word problem
A wise man once said, ''400 reduced by 3 times my age is 163'' What is his age?
I got 187.6666
Please tell me if i got this right
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Question 558743: A boy is 26 years older than his father. in 3 years time, his age would be a third of the father's age. Find the boy's present age.
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Question 558748: A boy is 26 years younger than his father. In 3 years time, his age would be a third of the father's age. Find the boy's present age.
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Question 558859: Jasmine is three rimes as old as Jasper. In 12 years, Jasmine will be twice as old as Jasper. Find the present age of Jasper?
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Question 559488: Maria is five times older than her sister Debbie. In 6 years she will only be twice as old as Debbie. How old is Maria?
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Question 559753: i m a factor of 100 i am a multiple of 5 i am more than 20 but less than 50 how old am i

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Question 559816: Emily is 6 times as old as her daughter. Next year she will be 5 times her daughter's age. find the present age of each and check the answer
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Question 560113: bob is 1/4 as old as mary in four years from now bob will be 3/4 of marys age
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Question 560082: How do you solve this:
3 years ago a woman was 3 times as old as her daughter. Their total age now is 46 years. How old was the daughter 3 years ago?
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Question 560285: four years hence a boy will be twice as old as he was six years ago.what is his present age?
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Question 560328: IF Tina's age 1 year from now plus her age 2 years ago plus three times her age 5 years ago is equal to 69 years, how old is she now?
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Question 560466: A man is twice as old as his son. His son is twice as old as his sister. The total age is 84. What is the father's age?
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Question 560466: A man is twice as old as his son. His son is twice as old as his sister. The total age is 84. What is the father's age?
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Question 560554: 10) A lot is in the shape of a right triangle. The shorter leg measures 120 m. The hypotenuse is 40 m longer than the length of the longer leg. How long is the longer leg?
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Question 560593: Mr. x is 62 years old and after 3 years he will be 5 times of his son�s age. What is his son�s age at present?
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Question 560594: 6 numbers have average 9, if the 6th number is deducted the resulting average is 10. What is the 6th number?
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Question 560687: In three years, Chad will be three times my present age. I will then be half as old as he. How old am i?
I do not understand how to set up this problem so that i can get the answer. Can you help?
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Question 561142: a mother is 20 years older than her daughter. in 7 years the mother will be 3 times as old as her daughter, how old are they
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Question 561142: a mother is 20 years older than her daughter. in 7 years the mother will be 3 times as old as her daughter, how old are they
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Question 561108: The ratio of the ages of John and Janet is 3:4. In four years time the ratio of their ages will be 4:5. Find their present ages?
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Question 561170: michael is 25 years younger than his father. The sum of their ages is 53. What is micheals age?

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Question 561170: michael is 25 years younger than his father. The sum of their ages is 53. What is micheals age?

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Question 560817: debbie's age is 66, which is 12 less than 6 times donalds's age. how old is donald?

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Question 561944: 11 years ago Shannon was twice my age. 18 years ago Shannon was 3 times my age. How old am I ? How old is Shannon?
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Question 562149: Question:
Directions: Write a system of equations to model the situation.
Sarah is 25 years older than her son Gavin. In ten years, Sarah will be twice Gavin's age. How old are Sarah and Gavin now?
My Work:
Let x= Sarah's age
Let y= Gavin's age
y=x-25
10+x=2y
Subsitution:
y=2y-25
+25
y+25=2y
-y
25=2y
divide by 2
y=25
2(25)=x
x=50 Sarah is 50 years old and Gavin is 25 years old.
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Question 562150: Peggy is 6 years older than Rosalie. In two years, Peggy will be twice as old as Rosalie. Find their ages.
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Question 562299: a movie star unwilling to give his age posed the following riddle
seven years ago i was eleven times as old as my daughter. now i am 4 times as old as she is. how old is the star?
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Question 562331: The average age of 5 children is 8 years. If the age of the father be included, the average is
increased by 7 years. Find the age of the father.
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Question 562485: if a dinosaur takes 2003 seasons to become an adult, then one born in the winter would become an adult in the _____
A)spring B)summer C)autumn D)winter
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Question 562614: Right now seth's age is 4/5 the age of his brother Eric. 21 years ago eric was twice as old as seth. what are their ages now?
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Question 562755: i was born in 1980 ,the same year my dad
turned 30 ,in what year will i be half of my dad's age?
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