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Question 573622: Minh is 16. His parents are both the same age. The three of them have lived a total of 100 years. How old are his parents?
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Question 573595: hans is 3 years younger than his brother emil. in 8 years the sum of their ages will be 61. how old is hans
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Question 572769: Sally is 40 years older than her son Peter. In 5 years she will be twice his age. How old are Sally and Peter? Make two solutions, one using a variable for Sally and one for Peter.
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Question 572761: jan is twice as old as jake. the sum of their ages is 5 less than twice of Jan's age. How old are jane ane jake?
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Question 573592: hans is 3 years younger than his brother emil. in 8 years the sum of their ages will be 61. how old is hans plz i need this in 30 mins plz help me im stuck
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Question 573560: When Billy turned 14 years old, his father was 42 years old, which is three times Billy�s age at the time. Today is Billy�s birthday, and Billy�s father is now twice as old as Billy. How old is Billy?
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Question 573687: harry is 6 times as old as his son charlie. in 6 years he will only be four times as old as his son. how old is charlie now?
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Question 573675: A person has 7 children including 2 sets of triplets. the product of the kids ages is 6591. what is the sum of their ages?
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Question 574161: a collection of dimes and quarters is worth $16.20. there are 81 coins in all. how many dimes and how many quarters?
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Question 574661: Mary is 24.
Mary is twice as old as Ann was, when Mary was as old as Ann
is now.
How old is Ann?
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Question 5310: mary is half as old as mark the sum of their ages is 51. How old are they no
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Question 574757: mary is half as old as mark the sum of their ages is 51. how old are they now?

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Question 574770: one year ago, ram's age was 8 times his son's age.Now his age is equal to square of his son's age .find their present age.
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Question 574905: a father is 42 years old. His children were 6 years, 8 years and 12 years. How old will the father when his age will be equal to the sum of the ages of his three children?
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Question 574890: You answered all 100 questions on a test. You had 74 more correct answers than incorrect answers. How many correct answers did you have?
I know what the answer is, however, I need to know how that answer is figured showing the problems, thinking, & strategies used.
Thank you
Cherylin
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Question 574943: 5 years ago, claire was half the age she is in four years. what will his age in six years?
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Question 575077: John is 4 years older than Kate. In 7 years he will be twice as old as Kate was five years ago. What are their ages now?
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Question 575153: a 48 year old man is two times as old as his son. How old was the father when he was three times as old as his son?
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Question 575149: When Ricky was 10 years old, his father was 45.How many years must pass for Ricky to be 5 years older than 1/5 as old as his father?
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Question 575149: When Ricky was 10 years old, his father was 45.How many years must pass for Ricky to be 5 years older than 1/5 as old as his father?
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Question 575175: carlos is 1/3 his fathers age. his father is 30 years older than carlos. how old is carlos?
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Question 575457: david is three times as old as susan was when david was as old as susan is now. how old is david?
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Question 575546: Jennifer is twice as old as Ramon. The sum of their ages 7 years ago was 13. How old are they now?
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Question 575258: Dana is 20 years older than daughter Kim. Ten years ago, Dana was twice as old as Kim was then. How old are Dana and Kim now?
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Question 575864: Hi! I am trying to solve this age word problem and I am having trouble setting it up. Can someone please help?
George and Harry's ages together equal 180 years today. 30 years ago, George is 3 times older than Harry. What are their ages?
Thanks for any help that you can provide!
Thom
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Question 575916: Tom is 5 times as old as Todd. In 5 years Tom's age will be 7 years less than 4 times as old as Todd. How old is Todd?
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Question 575473: A girl is twice as old as her brother and half as old as her father. In 50 years, her brother will be half as old as his father. How old is the daughter now?
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Question 575757: In 55 years, William will be 6 times as old as he is right now.
How old is he right now?
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Question 575980: Three siblings have a combines age of 108 yrs. The oldest is 8 years older than the youngest. what are the ages of the siblings?
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Question 576223: In 30 years James will be 8 times as old as he was 12 years ago. How old is he now?
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Question 576434: I am desperately trying to help my niece with homework while her parents are out of town. I am not a math guru. Here is the word problem:
Joe is 2 years older than his brother. The sum of their ages is 12. How old is his brother?
She knows the answers are ages 5 and 7 (5+7=12) but I do not know how to help her figure out the mathematical equation.
Can you PLEASE HELP????
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Question 576787: charels is twice as old as william.Four years ago Charles was 3 times as old as
william.How old is each now?
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Question 576787: charels is twice as old as william.Four years ago Charles was 3 times as old as
william.How old is each now?
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Question 576810: 6 years ago, a father was 7 times as old as his son. After 6 yrs, he will be 3 times as old as his son. Find the present age of son .
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Question 576836: John is 5 years more than six times older than Jude. the sum of their ages is 33. find their ages
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Question 576862: In 5 years, Alessandro will eb three times as old as Frederico will be then. The sum of their ages now is 86. How old will each of them be in 3 years?
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Question 577577: In five years time I will be three times as old as I am now how old am I
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Question 577775: the age of a crocodile 13 years ago was 1/3 of its age 7 years from now. How old is the crocodile at present?
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Question 577877: Tony is half as old as Andrew. Cindy is 2 years younger than twice Andrew's age. If the sum of Tony, Andrew, and Cindy's ages is 78, how old is Cindy?
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Question 578152: aimee is n years old. her brother ben is two years younger. so how old is ben in terms of n.
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Question 578117: in fifteen barnie will be fourtimes as old as she was nine years ago.how old is she now.

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Question 578741: Two years ago a man was 7 times as old as his son, but in three years he will only be four times as old as the boy. How old is each now?
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Question 578962: Can you please help me solve the following problem.
Tomorrow,the number of candles on Claire's birthday cake will be one less than three times two-fifths of the number five years ago.How old is Claire today?
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Question 579345: if six times a number is added to 33, the result is 75. find the number

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Question 579345: if six times a number is added to 33, the result is 75. find the number

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