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Question 599271: Carbon 14 decays continously at the rate of 0.01245% per year. If 13% of the original carbon-14 remains in a specimen, estimate its age in years.
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Question 599435: Kate is 20 years older than meg. In 9 years kate will be twice as old as meg. How old is kate?
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Question 599747: Joshua is 12 years old and his sister is three times as old as he. When Joshua is 23 years old, how old will his sister be?
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Question 599747: Joshua is 12 years old and his sister is three times as old as he. When Joshua is 23 years old, how old will his sister be?
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Question 599805: In one day, Frank's family drove for 11hr. Each hour they average 65 miles, How many miles did they drive that day?
this one is 11x65=615, I GOT THIS PART
What I need help with is:
show your multiplication by breaking apart 65 to 60 and 5
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Question 599601: In 8 years, a girl will be 3 years older than twice her present age. How old is she now? That's the equation. I need to know how to write an equation form it.
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Question 599852: I am 30 years old and my sister is 10. I need an equation to figure out how old my sister and I will be when I am three times as old as my sister.
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Question 600311: Jose girlfriend is 4 years more than twice his age. She is 30. How old is he?
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Question 600337: I am 30 and my sister is 10. What would an equation be to show that I am 3 times her age?
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Question 600433: Could you please tell me how to set up the correct equation for this word problem. "you are 13 years older than your sister, in nine years you will be twice as old as your sister. How old is your sister".
I know that 13+9=22, if i divide that by 2 then she would be 11. I do not understand how to put this into a equation in order to solve it.
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Question 600434: a father is 30 years older than his son. three years ago he was four times as old as his son. how old is the father?
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Question 600588: A grandfather is 50 years older than his grandson. Five years ago he was six times as old as his grandson was then. How old is the grandfather now?
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Question 601254: Jim is 3 times as old as Jane was 2 years ago. in 10 years Jane will be as old as Jim is now. how old are they now?
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Question 601331: If a father is 3 times the age of his son and in 10 years is only double the age of his son... how old is the father and son.... need in an equasion
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Question 601540: Julio's grandfather is 3 times his age. the total sum of their ages is 92. how old is Julio's grandfather?
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Question 601584: the father was 33 when his daughter was born. how old is the daughter?
what was the difference in their ages 5 years ago?
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Question 601630: Harry is older then 10. His age this year is a square number, in two years time his age will be a multiple of 11. How old is Harry?
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Question 601787: Right now, Susan's age is 4 years more than four times Jane's age. In 20 years, Jane will be half of Susan's age then. How old are they now?
Thanks!
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Question 601828: A father is twice as old as his son and thrice as old as his daughter. If the father is eight years older than the sum of his children's ages, find the age of the daughter?
Thanks.
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Question 601866: A year ago a mother was four times as old as her daughter. Three years ago she was five times as old as her daughter. How old will her daughter be in two years time?
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Question 602276: Two years ago, a father was 8 times as old as his son. Ten years from now, the ratio of their ages will be 10:3. What is the father's age today?
Thanks.
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Question 602370: If I am 50 and Mary is 80 how old will we be when our ages add up to 150 and then create an equation
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Question 602155: Delia can finish a job in 8 hours. Daisy can doit in 5 hours. if delia worked for 3 hours and then daisy was asked to help her finish it,? how long will daisy have to work with delia to finish the job?
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Question 602743: the sum of leah's and brandon's ages is 34. five years ago leah was 3 times as old as brandon was. how old are leah and brandon now?
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Question 602818: The sum of the ages of Brain,steve and phil is 53.brain's age now is twice steve's age five years ago,and brain is two years older than Phil.What is the age of the oldest? Please show me the steps.
A.19 B.25 C.20 D.18 E.None of these
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Question 602827: One-half of Nicole's age two years from now, plus one-third of her age three years ago is twenty. How old is she now?
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Question 603173: you can buy 3 hotdogs and 1 coke for $4.55. you can buy 2 hotdogs and 1 coke for $3.30 how much does 1 hotdog cost
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Question 603418: Please help, it's a Maths question for homework needed to be handed in tomorrow.
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A man is 8 times as old as his son. In 5 years he will be only 4 times as old. How old is the son now?
Thanks in advance :)
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Question 603582: Alice is as old as Betty and Christine together. Last year, Betty was twice as old a Christine. Two years hence, Alice will be twice as old as Christine. What are the ages of the three girls?
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Question 603760: Ali is twice as old as Ed. Four years ago, he was four times as old as ed. When will the sum of their ages be 66?
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Question 603784: sonny is twice as old as david. Four years ago, he was four times as old as david. When will the sum of their ages be 66?
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Question 603784: sonny is twice as old as david. Four years ago, he was four times as old as david. When will the sum of their ages be 66?
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Question 603784: sonny is twice as old as david. Four years ago, he was four times as old as david. When will the sum of their ages be 66?
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Question 604139: How old am I if 400 reduced by 4 times my age is 12

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Question 604158: Steve is half as old as Stacey. The sum of their ages five years ago was 8. How old are Steve and Stacey now?
I got the answer...
Steve is 7 and Stacey is 10
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Question 604191: If my age now plus my age 6 years ago is 24,how old will I be in 2 years?
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Question 604283: Jenny is three times as old as Sarah. In 12 years Jenny will be twice as old as Sarah is in 12 years. How old is each now?
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Question 604485: Letty is 10 years older than Cory who is half as old as Ben. If the total of their ages is 54, how old is Ben.?

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Question 604514: Suppose you are five times older than your cousin. In two years, you will be three times older than him. Four years after that you will be twice as old. What are the current ages of you and your cousin?
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Question 604512: in 15 years dorothy will be 3 times as old as stan. 5 years ago the difference in their ages was 50 how old are dorothy and stan?
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Question 604593: Roy told Sam, i was 10 years older than you are now, when you were born. My present age is 50 yrs . Find Sam's present age ??
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Question 604573: A says to B, "I am five times old as you were, when I was as old as you are". The sum of their present ages is 64 years. Find their ages.
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Question 604796: A girl's age in 12 years's time is the square of her present age. Fine her present age.
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