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Question 591694: house A is 2years older than house B. nine years ago house A was 3 times as old as house B. how old is house A and house B.

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Question 591626: "how old are you nelson?"asked the young child "well my present age is 6 times what it will be in 8 years time, less 6 times what it was 5 years ago,"said nelson .how old is he?
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Question 592070: thomas is 1/4 old as his father . If the sum of their two ages is 60, then how old is thomas
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Question 592116: Five years ago, the age of the father was thrice the age of his son. In five years time, the age of father will be twice the age of his son at that time. Find their present ages.
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Question 591676: If you reverse the digits of Johns age you get Gordens age. The difference between there two ages is Susan's age and Gordon is 10 times as old as susan. What are their ages?
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Question 592092: in 20 years time i will be 3 times as old as i was 8 years ago. how old am i now
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Question 592692: My Age: 39
Elijah: 12
At some point , my age will be 3 times Elijah's age.
Is this correct:
3x= 3(x-27)
How do I solve?
Thanks!
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Question 592761: Using the number 32 and 13. At some point during the lives of you and the youngest person, your age will be three times his/her age at that moment. Write an equation which models how old in years each of you will be when you are three times as old as the younger person.

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Question 592782: A man is twice as old as his son.10years ago he was three times as old.how old will his son be in 5years time?
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Question 593020: one half of louisa's age three years from now increased by three-quarters of her age three years agois 8. How old is louisa now?
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Question 593127: In 10 years, A will be twice as old as B was 10 years ago. If A is now 9 years older than B, the present age of B is
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Question 593101: Rana is 25 years younger than his father. In 10 years time from now, his father will be twice Rana's age. Work out Rana's age. Suppose Rana's age now is x
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Question 593616: Jenny Is Older Than Paul The Difference Of Their Ages Is Eight And The Sum Of Their age Is Sixty Find The Age Of Each
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Question 594074: Jordans uncle is 3 times jordans age. If jordans uncle is 28 years older than he is then how old is jordan?
I tried:
Let jordans age be x now
Let jordans uncle be 3x now
28 years from now:
Jordan = x+28
jordans uncle = 3x +28
x+28 = 3x +28

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Question 594093: Jessica is older than Janet. Their sum of their ages is 38 years. Twice janets age plus jessicas age is 51. How old is janet?
I tried:
Let x be greater
x=Jessica
y = Janet
x+ y = 38
2y+x=51

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Question 594082: Connor is 4, Josh is 12, how many years will it be until Connor's age is 1/2 of Josh's age. I know answer is 4 years, but what is correct formula?
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Question 594117: Right now, Daniel is 8 years older than his cousin Zach. Two years from now, Daniel will be 3 times as old as Zach. How old is Daniel now?
I tried:
Daniel = x+8
Zach= x
In two years: 3x = 2+x
3x - x = 2
2x = 2
x = 1
x + 8 = 9
Therefore Daniel is 9.
But that is incorrect!
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Question 594110: In six years, Kim will be at least three times as old as she is now. What can you conclude about her age now?
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Question 594129: Grandmother has four grandchildren, two boys and two girls. When the ages of
the grandchildren are multiplied together, the product of their ages is 67 184.
Only one of the grandchildren is a teenager and the oldest grandchild is under
40. The difference in ages between the oldest and youngest grandchild is thirty
years.
Determine the ages of Grandmother's grandchildren.
What I have figured out so far is that the oldest grandchild will have an age between 31-39 and the youngest will be between 1-9 (since none of the ages can be zero-->this gives 0 as a product of all four ages). I believe that one of the other two remaining childrens' age is between 13-19. Is this information correct? How do I solve this word problem completely?

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Question 595173: Mary is 41 years and her son is 5 years old. after x years, her son will be half her age. what is the value of x?
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Question 595144: A father is 4 times as old as his daughter. In 6 years he will be 3 times as old as she is. How old is the daughter now?

Could you help me set this up?
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Question 595165: Four years ago, a father was 2 times as old as his son, now their combined ages equal 107 years. thus the father's present age is what?
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Question 595431: a cook on a cruise ship is using a recipe that calls for 200 servings. the recipe needa 38 pounds of flour and and 110 cups of milk. The cook wnts to serve 500 people. How many pounds of flour and milk will he need?
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Question 595511: In 1996 my grandfather's age equaled the product of the four digits in the year he was born and the same was true for his daughter. Find the two birth years.
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Question 595521: Ten years from now Charlotte will be twice as old as Emily will be then. Five years ago Charlotte was 5 times as old as Emily was then. How old are both now?
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Question 595721: bob is two years older than jim. if the sum of their ages is 104 years. how old is bob?

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Question 595725: Today Janet's age in years is three times her dog's age ing months, In one year, the dog's age in months will be 2 times Janet's age then, in years. Today Janet is _________ years old. Please show your work.
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Question 595835: One day Tammy asked her mother on her birthday, "mom how old are you?" Her mother replied I am 12 years older than your aunt tamika and when I married your dad 20 years ago, I was twice as old as Aunt tamika?
can you solve problem in equation and tell me how you got to that answer
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Question 595965: my son is 6 my daughter is 3. is there any time again in life his age will be twice her age?
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Question 596392: the present age of john = the square of the age of his son,last year the age of john was 8 times the age of his son,what are their respective ages.
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Question 596642: Lina is 5 years older than Jane. Eight years ago she was three times as old as Jane. What is the age of each girl? Please Help...
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Question 596997: The time, in minutes, it takes Helen to get to work varies inversely as speed. If she can get to work in 25 minutes at a speed of 48 mph, which of the following equations best models the time, , it will take her to get to work at a speed of mph?

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Question 597292: 33. Kelly is 2 years younger than three times Tracy's age.
Part A.
If a represents Tracy's age, write an algebraic expression that can be used to find Kelly's age.
Part B.
If Tracy is 12 years old, how old is Kelly? Show your work.
Part C.
If Kelly is 16 years old, how old is Tracy? Show your work.
What I can understand from this is that I have to figure out an equation on how to find out Kelly's age. I'm thinking that it goes something like this; 2-3a. But I'm not 100% sure. I hope someone can help me with this, I would REALLY appreciate it. :)
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Question 597340: Jack is now four times as old as his dog. In six years he'll be only twice as old as his dog. How old is Jack? How old is his dog?
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Question 597336: In ten years from now, a father will be twice as old as his son. Ten years ago, he was 6 times as old. How old are they now?
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Question 597769: a mother was 26 years old when her daughter was born. Today the sum of three times her age plus twice her daughters age is 103 years. how old are they today
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Question 597927: Darlas dad is 4 times older than Darla. Darlas mom is 3 times older that Darla.
The sum of all thier ages is 88. How do I find the age of each person??
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Question 598089: Marydid not like to tell her age so her mother answered for her. I am just 7 times as old as she is now. In 20 years she will be half the age that I will be then. How old is Mary?
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Question 598275: The sum of the ages of a mother and her son is 26 years. Five years hence, the mother's age will be five times the son's age. what are their present ages?
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Question 598172: Bryan is twice as old as Colin. Colin is 4 years younger then Michael. In three years bryan Colin and Michael will be 2 more than half a century.how old are they now?
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Question 598926: Mrs. taylor is 4 times as old as her son. in 20 years, mrs. taylor will be only twice as old as her son . how old is each now?
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Question 598924: A man is 42 and his daughter is 8. in how many years will the father be twice as old?
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Question 599004: Alex is 4 years older than mark. Mark's age is 4/5 Alex's age. What are their ages?
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