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Question 610172: ben said to his father "in 5 years time you will be twice my age" his dad said "yeah and in 13 yrs time the sum of our ages will be 100" how old is ben now?
needs to be answered using simultaneous equations

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Question 609959: In two years, Linda will be half as old as her mother. Her mother is 38 years old now. What is Linda's current age?
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Question 610676: Do not understand age problems when we have fractions. WHat do we multiply?
Roberta is three years younger than Rachel. Eight years ago, Roberta was ONE HALF Rachel's age. How old is each girl?
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Question 610712: in three years time Ann will be one third of her mothers age. In another 18 years from now ,Ann will be half her mothers age. how old is her mother now?
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Question 610741: a father is twice as old as his son and the sum of their ages is 90 years. Find their present ages ?
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Question 610820: Ten years from now, A will be twice as old as B. Five years ago, A was three times as old as B. What are the present ages of A and B?
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Question 611044: Ten years from now, A will be twice as old as B. Five years ago, A was three times as old as B. What are the present ages of A and B?

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Question 611044: Ten years from now, A will be twice as old as B. Five years ago, A was three times as old as B. What are the present ages of A and B?

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Question 610998: The sum of 3 times Don's age and 5 times Sean's age is 150. Sean is 9 years less than twice as old as Don is. What are each of their ages?

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Question 611089: i am twice as old as you were when i was of your age. sum of your and my age is 42 yrs. calculate my age ?
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Question 611089: i am twice as old as you were when i was of your age. sum of your and my age is 42 yrs. calculate my age ?
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Question 611414: mark is 11 years older then his sister. in eight years he will be twice as old as she will be. how old are they now?
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Question 611322: Ed is 1/6 as old as Laura. In 18 years, Ed's age will be 13 years more than 1/5 of Laura's. How old are Ed and Laura now?
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Question 611431: William's uncle is three times as old as William. In 12 years, his uncle will be twice h
is age. How old is William now.

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Question 611947: Dad is 6 times as old as Michael and he will be 4 times as old as Michael in 4 years time. If dad is less than 60 years of age, how old will he be in 6 year's time?
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Question 611963: a man is 4 times old his son and their ages add up to 40 years. What was the age of son 5 years ago?
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Question 611949: 3 ice cubes, of side 1 cm,2 cm and 3 cm respectively, are placed in a cylinder whose base is 6 cm2. after the ice has melted, what will be the height of the water in centimeters in the cylinder?
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Question 612192: Julie and her brother have a combined age of 27.julie is 7 years older than him.how old is julie?.
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Question 612339: Jenny is 5 years older than her brother. 4 years ago the product of their ages was the same as 37 more than Jenny's present age subtracted from the square of the brother's present age.
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Question 612359: the age of ram's mother is 4 times the age of ram .five years ago,the sum of their ages was 30 years.find their present ages.
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Question 612530: Chris is 1/6th the age of his father today. Eight years later, his father's age will be 3.5 times the age of Chris. Find the age of Chris today

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Question 612871: a father is now four times as old as his son. five years ago he was seven times as old as his son. how old are tehy now?

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Question 612908: if a boy is 2 yrs old, his sister is six years old. in 5 yrs, the boy is 7 and the girl is 11, why is she no longer 3 times his age
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Question 612951: Five years ago, Sean was three times as old as his brother. Today Sean is twice as old as his brother. How many years older than his brother is Sean? How old is Sean now?
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Question 613077: Sarah and Jill are sisters. Sarah is one year older than four times jill's age. The sum of their ages is 13 1/2. How old are Sarah and Jill?
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Question 613358: The ages of three children in a family can be expressed as consecutive integers. The square of the age of the youngest child is 4 more than 8 times the age of the oldest child. Find the ages of the three children.
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Question 613399: susan is six years older than beth. in four years, susan will be twice as old as beth. how old is susan now?
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Question 613575: In four years Ben will be three times as old as he was 12 years ago. How old is he now?
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Question 613576: Three years ago Jim was three times as old as Tom was then. In five years Jim will be twice as old as Tom will. How old is each now
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Question 613713: Hi my name is Ace. This is my question:
Four children were born one year apart. The oldest child is 12. How old are the other three children from oldest to youngest?
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Question 613216: A man is born year x^2. Now he is Xyears old. What year will he turn 60?
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Question 613803: Denise is six more than two times as old as Cheryl. In 21 years the sum of their two ages will be 99. How old is Cheryl now.
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Question 613761: Mr. Gibbs has 3 sons: Joe, John, and Mark. The sums of their ages is equal to the age of their Father. In 1 year, Mr. Gibbs will be twice as old as Joe. In 2 years, Mr. Gibbs will be 3 times as old as John. In 3 years, Mr. Gibbs will be four times as old as Mark. How old is each son now?
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Question 613901: John is three times as old as Mary and the sum of their ages is 24. find their ages
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Question 613953: Gabriela is 2 times as old as Brandon. Thirty-five years ago, Gabriela was 7 times as old as Brandon.
How old is Brandon now?
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Question 613958: Hans needs to rent a movie truck. Company A charges a rate of $40 per day and Company B charges a $60 fee plus $20 per day. For what number of days is the cost the same?
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Question 614128: what is the size of the sample space for all the outcomes possible from rolling 6 dice?
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Question 614351: Joe is 10 years older than James. In 8 years, twice Joe's age will equal three times James's age. How old is each now?
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Question 614627: Sally is 18 years older than her son. She was 3 times as old as he was 1 year ago. How old are they now?
I mainly need help on how to set it up. Thank you for taking your time to help me!
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Question 614525: Mrs. Wilson is 14 years younger than her aunt. If Mrs. Wilson's age in years is as much below 60 as her aunts age is over 40, how old is each
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Question 614885: if Don is 21 years older than betty, and in 6 years he will twice as old as betty how old is each person
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Question 614886: the sum of the present ages of tahir and masud is 18 years. Three years ago tahir was three times as old as masud. find their present ages.
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Question 615153: 20 years ago my age was 1/3 of what it is mow. what is my present age?
a)66 years
b)36 years
c)33 years
d)30 years
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