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Question 5246: a girl is half as old as her brother and two years younger than her sister. The sum of the ages of the three children is 34 years. How old is each child?
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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 3959: mr.armstrong is saving his change in al large glass jar to buy a new hockey stick. yesterday,he counted the coins in the jar and found out that he only had quarters and dimes. there were a total of 345 coins.if he saved $75.90 how many quartes and dimes would he have?
plz show complete solution. thanks
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Question 4440: John is 7 yrs older than Peter. If 13 is added to john's age and 5 is subtracted from Peter's age John will be twice as old as Peter. Find their age.

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Question 6199: Adam is half as old as Bob and three times as old as Cindy. If the sum of their ages is 40, what is Bob's age?
I know that the answer is 24 through a technique called "Backsolving". But I would like to know how to translate the problem into an equation or equations that can be used to solve the problem.
I got only this far:
Let x=Bob
Let y=Adam
Let z=Cindy
x+y+z=40
But after this I am confused about how to translate the the y and z variables into an equation format to get the correct solution.
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Question 6190: if A is 3 yrs older than B and B is twice of the age of C..the total sum of ages are 30 then what is the age of B?
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Question 6559: a boy is 5 years old, and his sister is twice as old. when the boy is 8 years, what will be the age of his sister?
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Question 6576: Kyle weighs twice as much as his younger sister Suzanne and 10 pounds less than his older sister Margaret. All together they weigh 90 pounds. How much does Margaret Weigh.
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Question 6591: Two cars start off at the same point on a straight highway facing opposite directions. Each car drives for 6 miles, takes a left turn, and drives for 8 miles. How far apart are the two cars?
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Question 6702: please me solve this equation:find for the unknown
1.3bx-2=4ax+3: find for the x
2.4x+3=10x+5
3.81x+13=100x-2
4.(x+2) (x+3)=(x+4) (x-2)
5.ax+5=bx-2
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Question 7246: Erin's age is 3 times Warren's. In 4 years she will be twice as old as he will be. how old is each now?
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Question 7473: Craig is 24 years younger than his father. In 10 yrs, Craig's father will be three times as old as Craig will be. Find their ages now.
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I first came up with c=f-24 but.. i got stuck with 10yrs to show in the formula..
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Question 1989: There is nothing to laugh, its a previous in satyam's entrance exam. So, I asked u kindly to answer my question and u laugh......
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Question 8046: 5 years ago, a man was 7 times as old as his son. 5years hence, father will be 3 times as old as his son. Find their present ages.

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Question 8046: 5 years ago, a man was 7 times as old as his son. 5years hence, father will be 3 times as old as his son. Find their present ages.

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Question 8050: Charles is x years old now. Express his age 12 years ago.
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Question 8150: A man is 4 times as old as his son. Eighteen years from now, he will be only twice as old as his son. Find their present ages.
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Question 8276: Tony is 6 years older than his brother. 4 years ago, he was twice as old
How old is Tony
How old is his brother
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Question 8748: Jerome is 4 times old as Rugem. Ten years from now, he will be twice as old as Rugem will be. How old is Jerome now?
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Question 8747: Jerome is 4 times old as Rugem. Ten years from now, he will be twice as old as Rugem will be. How old is Jerome now?
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Question 9084: John, twelve years old, is three times as old as his brother. How old will John be when he is twice as old as his brother?

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Question 9432: Hello.
Please help me on my homework. I couldn't find a resonable answer to this problem. The problem is: The sum of Paul and Beth Taulman's ages now is 67 years. Eight years ago Paul was twice as old as Beth. How old is each now?
Please reply as soon as possible. Thank you for your time.
Julia
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Question 9537: Brenda and Trent are friends. Brenda is 24. The LCM of their age is 120 and the GCF of their age is 8. How old is Trent.
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Question 9536: Ann's age this year is a multiple of 7. Next year her age will be a multiple of 4. Her age is between 10 and 60. Hoe old is Ann
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Question 9805: Show how to find the value of 7 dimes,3 quarters,and 6 nickles.
This is a word problem i don't know how to work it or show it...Please help!!!!
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Question 9828: Mary is 20 years old. Her sister, Sara, is 5 years old. In how many years will Mary be twice as old as Sara?
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Question 9892: Earl is 8years younger than Denise. The sum of their ages is 42. How old is each.(I can't figure out the formula)
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Question 10096: Five years ago , a father awas twice as old as his son. In 4 years'time the sum of their ages will be 78. Find their present ages.
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Question 10093: Robert is now 78 years old and his friend Charlie 70.How many years ago was Charlie only 3/4 as old as Robert?
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Question 10279: How can you please help me solve this loooooonnnnngggg example question.....please, please please! thank you! :)
Mr. Smith, a mathamethics teacher was travelig by bus with his family, consisting of his mother, wife, son and daughter. The bus conductor doubting the son's right to have a half fare ticket asked, "How old is your daughter?". Mr. Smith, irritated at having questioned...confused the conductor with his answer:
"My daughter is TWICE as old as my son. My wife is three times as old as the sum of the ages of my son and my daughter. And I am as old as my wife and my daughter. My Mother whose age is total of all our ages is now 69." Find the age of the daughter.

THANKS A LOT!.................:)

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Question 10751: please help me solve this equation: rs-rt=st-sr, for r ...............
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Question 10788: the sum of Mrs.Black's age and her daughter's age is 56 years. In 8 years, Mrs. Black will be twice as old as her daughter. How old is her daughter now?
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Question 10815: Roz is twice as old as Grace. In 5 years the sum of their ages will be 28. How old are they now?
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Question 10815: Roz is twice as old as Grace. In 5 years the sum of their ages will be 28. How old are they now?
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Question 10814: The sum of the ages of Ira and Sofia is 26. The difference between 4 times Sofia's age and twice Ira's age is 8.
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Question 8074:

When Susan and David applied for their marriage license, the first thing they were asked was their ages. With a reluctance to reveal something so important, Susan said that they were both in their twenties. The clerk, however, insisted on more specific information so, David added that they both had the same birthday, and that he was four times as old as Susan was when he was three times as old as Susan was when he was twice as old as Susan was. At this point, the clerk fainted, whereupon the couple snatched up the license, hurried off to the preacher�s, and lived happily ever after. When the clerk came to and realized that he would have to complete his records some way or other he began to do a little figuring, and before long had found out how old the two were.

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Question 11876: The sum of the ages of a father and her daughter is 44 years. The father's age is 4 years more than 3 times the daughter's age. Find the ages of both.
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Question 12059: Vincent is three times as old as his brother and 6 years ago the sum of their ages was equal to Vincent's present age.How old is each?
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Question 12057: Susan is 34 years old and her daughter 10 years. After how many years will she be twice as old as her daughter?

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Question 12057: Susan is 34 years old and her daughter 10 years. After how many years will she be twice as old as her daughter?

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Question 12058: Dorie, 42 years old has a 12 year old nephew, in how many years will the aunt be twice as old as her nephew?

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Question 12056: The sum of the ages of the First year Math. teacher is 50 19 years ago from now.Ms. Santos' age will be twice the age of Ms. Valdez present age. How old are they now?

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Question 12156: Felipe is a teenager who is 10 years older than his sister Irene. In 6 years, Felipe will be twice as old as his sister. How old is Felipe now?
Can you please show us how to set up this equation, and the process to solve it?
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Question 12255: Mr. Jones is 4 years older than his wife and 31 years older than his son. their ages add up to a total of 82 years. Find how old Mr. Jones is and the ages of his wife and son.
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Question 12331: Aunt Alice gave each of her three nieces a number of silver dollars equal to their ages. The youngest felt that this was unfair. They agreed to redistribute the money. The youngest would split half of her silver dollars evenly with the other two sisters. The middle would then give each of the others 4 silver dollars. Finally, the oldest was to split half of her dollars equally between the two younger sisters. After exchanging the money, each girl had 16 silver dollars. How old are the sisters? (Their ages = 48)
MUST HAVE PROCESS
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