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Question 674546: When I was 24 years old my cousin was � my age , now I m 51 ; so what is the present
age of my cousin ??
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Question 674612: A 6 year old boy wants to ride an adult go-karts but is not tall enough. His sister is twice as old as he is and rides a lot. The little boy finally turns 12 and is now old enough to ride the adult go-karts. How old is his sister?
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Question 674722: Ryan and his father share a birthday, so they share a cake. When Ryan was 6 his father said " since I am 30 I should get 30/36 of the cake, and you should get 6/36 or 1/6 of the cake." Ryan said " so next year I would get 7/38 of the cake right?" His father answered "yes that's the idea. Every year we can split it according to our ages." What will Ryan's age be when he gets 1/3 of the cake? So I figured out rayan will be 24, his father will be 48, and there will be 72 total pieces of cake. I need to write an equation. Thanks for your help.
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Question 675054: Matt is one year older than five times Kelly's age. In three years, Matt will be only three times Kelly's age. How old are they now?
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Question 675083: Bob is 24 years younger than his father. In 2 years he will be half as old as his father. How old is each now?
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Question 675340: Shirley is x years old.
Mike is 2 years older than Shirley.
8 years ago Mike was twice as old as Shirley.
Work out Shirleys age.
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Question 675339: a boy was asked to multiply a certain number by 60.he multiplied it by 30 and got his answer lessthan the correct one by by 400. find the number which has to be multiplied
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Question 675344: Maria is 3 years younger than Francisco. Gabe is twice as old as Maria. Kiley is four years older than Gabe. The sum of their age is 49. How old is Maria?
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Question 675454: Need help solving this question. Maria is twice he age of Jonas, who is twice the age of Franklin. Franklin is 2yr less than half Maria's age.How old are Maria, Jonas, and Franklin?
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Question 675617: susan is 3 years older then her sister.their combined age is 33 years.how old is susan?
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Question 675665: Jane is x years old today. Her brother Kenny is 4 years older. After seven years, their combined age will be 24 years.
Write a linear equation for their total combined age after 7 years.
Find Janes age today.
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Question 675751: At present, Chris is twice as old as Todd. In x years, Chris will be 3/2 times Todd's age then. Find the present age of Todd in terms of x.
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Question 675805: A man spent 1/3 of his life in England, 1/4 of it in Scotland and the remainder of it, which is 40 years, in Canada. What was his age?
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Question 676446: House A is three times as old as house b. six years ago house a was four times as old as house b. how old is each house
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Question 676544: Three times parents age of a father is equal to eight time age of his son. Eight years hence the father will twice as old as his son at that time. what are the paresant ages???
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Question 676981: Please help me solve this word problem- While playing basketball, Mr. Koster scored 32 points. Points came from a combination of free throws, 2-pointers and 3-pointers. He made 19 baskets in total with half as many 2-pointers as free throws. How many of each type of basket did he make?
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Question 677063: when i was 2 years old my sister was half in my age now i am 100 years old then how old is my sister?
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Question 677209: when i am 2 years old and my sister is half of my age how old is she when i am 100
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Question 677272:

Bobby is three times as old as Kelly. The sum of their ages is 46. How old is Bobby?
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Question 677282: There are four brothers in a store. Each brother is two years older than the next. The youngest brother is three times as young as the older brother. What is the age of the brothers?
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Question 677299: Lauren's age is 11 years more than four times Robert's age. If the difference of the smaller age from the larger age is 2, how old is Lauren?
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Question 677435: Jordan is now four times older than Grace. In 30 years, he will be 18 years older than grace. What is Jordan's age now?
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Question 677437: In 2004 Jeremiah is five times the age of his cousin Karen. In 2009 he is three times her age. How old was Jeremiah in 2004?
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Question 677441: A father is 26 years older than his daughter. In four years he will be 2 more than 5 times her age. Find each of their current ages.
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Question 677498: Jim is 21 years older than laddie. The sum of their ages is 121. How old is Jim and how old is laddie
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Question 677323: I am the parent of a math student and have no idea how to help her solve this problem. Can you help?
Ola is less than one fourth of his father's age minus 6 years. If Ola is 2 years old, could his father be 34 years old?
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Question 677044: john's age in y years if he is 11 yrs now

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Question 670981: sam is one-half as old as mary. bill is one-third as old as mary. the sum of htier ages is 44 years. how old is sam?

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Question 670974: The sum of the present ages of a man and his brother is 40 years. In seven years, The man will be twice as old as his brother. Find their present ages.
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Question 670985: A man is three times as old as his sister. Two years ago, the man was five times as old as his sister was 4 years ago. Find thier present ages.
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Question 677536: When I was 2 years old, my sister was half of my age. Now I'm 80 years old, how old is my sister?
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Question 677536: When I was 2 years old, my sister was half of my age. Now I'm 80 years old, how old is my sister?
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Question 677530: Ryan is three more than three times the age of Samantha. The sum of their ages is 23. Find the age of both.
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Question 677595: When i was 2 years old, my sister was Half my age. now i m 100 years old, how old is my sister ??
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Question 677580: IF MY AGE IS 2 YEAR MY SISTER IS HALF AGE OF MY AGE IF I ' M 50 YEAR OLD WHAT WILL BE MY SISTER AGE plz tell me ans.......
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Question 676531: 3 years ago Frank was 5 and his mother was 5 times his age. How old will his mother be in 4 years' time? How old will Frank be in 4 years' time?
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Question 677695: 17 years ago, I was half the age I am now. How old am I?

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Question 677773: When i was 2years old,my sister was half my age and now an 100years. How old is my sister
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Question 677770: Five years ago, John was three times as old as Lisa and in ten years from now John shall be two times as old as Lisa. What are their current ages?
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Question 677812: jamal is 12 years older than twice stephanie's age. the sum of their ages is 45.

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Question 678125: When i was 4 years old my sister was half my age.
Now i'm 100 years, How old is my sister?
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Question 678320: toms dad has four sons bob jake sam and
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Question 678409: 2 years before father was twice as old as his son and hence after 2 years thrice the age of father equals to 5 times the age of son.find their present ages?
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Question 678399: when you were 2 year old your sister was half of your age now you are 100 years old how old is your sister
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