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Question 695458: The ratio of the ages of Rajesh to that of Ramesh is 5 : 8. After 10 years the new ratio of their ages will be 7 : 10. What is the age of Ramesh at present?
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Question 695489: Robert thought of a two digit number whose sum of digits is 14. When he reversed the order of the digit he found that the number he obtained was 18 less than the difference between the age of his father's and his sister. The difference of his father's and sister's age was equal to the original number he thought of. The original number he thought of was?
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Question 695510: MARY IS 12 YEARS OLD.. AGNES IS TWICE THE AGE OF MARY 3 YEARS AGO.. HOW OLD IS AGNES?
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Question 695510: MARY IS 12 YEARS OLD.. AGNES IS TWICE THE AGE OF MARY 3 YEARS AGO.. HOW OLD IS AGNES?
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Question 695508: This problem has been bugging me for ages. I'm having trouble proving this WITHOUT proving by example. Cover all cases.

A worker is paid every other week on Friday. Prove that in some month the worker is paid three times.
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Question 695626:

son and fathers age totals 49, father had son at age 25, how old are they now
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Question 695620: Alexis is selling tickets to the school play.Adult tickets cost $6.00,and student tickets cost $4.00. she sells twice as many students tickets as adult tickets.The total amount collected is $462.how many of each type of ticket did she sell?

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Question 695810: Please I need help about this problem I need to help my daughter. Cathy spent 3/10 of an hour on her math homework, 2/5 of an hour on her science homework, and 3/4 of an houron her reading homework. How long di Cathy work on homework?
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Question 98: In 7 years, Maria will be four times as old as Angelica will be then. The sum of their ages now is 71. How old will each of them be in 5 years?
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Question 695864: A father is 20yrs older than his son. If the sum of their ages is 40yrs, how old is the son now?
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Question 696055: how do you solve Alan, Bill, and Charlie are brothers. Bill is x years old, Alan is 1 year younger, and Charlie is 1 year older in algebra
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Question 696057: how do you solve Alan, Bill, and Charlie are brothers. Bill is x years old, Alan is 1 year younger, and Charlie is 1 year older in algebra
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Question 696107: A guy is her mom's age with digits reversed (e.g. 34 and 43). A year ago he was half her mom's age. How old are they now?
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Question 696182: mary is 24 years old. mary is twice as old as ana was when mary was as old as ana is now. how old is ana?
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Question 695938: I have 3 cousins on my dad's side. The product of their ages is 84. Next year the youngest will be 1/4 the age of the middle cousin. In 2 years from now, the oldest will be twice the current age of the middle. What is the age of my oldest cousin?

Can you please explain how you got the answer please. I'm in 4th grade and I want to learn how to solve it.
Thank you.
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Question 696515: one grandpa, one dad, one grandson. total age of these three is 140yrs. grandsons age in months is eqaul to the age of grandpa n years and grandsons age in days is eqaul to the age of the dad in weeks. so what is the age of these three persons?
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Question 696487: age problem whose answer are 25 and 39

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Question 696541: write a number sentence using x for the unkown and solve.mrs.spencer is 3 times as old as her kid ,malia. she is 45 years old now .how old is mrs.spencer?
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Question 696512: The sum of ages of mother and her daughter is 50 years.After 20 years mothers age will be twice as that of a daughters age.Find their present ages
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Question 696593: the sum of the ages of two men equals99.If the inverted age of the older is added to the age of the younger the sum is 108.However is the age of the younger is inverted and subtracted from the age of the older, the difference is 44. find the age of the older man
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Question 696322: Max has a brother who is four years more than twice his age. If their combined ages equal 37, how old is max?
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Question 696668: John gave half of his stamps to Jim. Jim gave gave half of his stamps to Carla. Carla gave 1/4 of the stamps given to her to Thomas and kept the remaining 12. How many stamps did John start with?

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Question 696729: Two balls A and B rotate along a circular track. Ball A makes 4 full rotations in 120 seconds. Ball B makes 3 full rotation in 60 seconds. If they start rotating now from the same point, when will they be at the same starting point again?

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Question 696762: on her birthday maya is half again as old as she was when she was haif again as old as she was when she lacked five years of being half as old as she was on her last birthday.How old is maya?
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Question 696696: Two balls A and B rotate along a circular track. Ball A makes 4 full rotations in 120 seconds. Ball B makes 3 full rotation in 60 seconds. If they start rotating now from the same point, when will they be at the same starting point again?

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Question 696815: George Washington was born 11 years before Thomas Jefferson. In 1770 Washington's age was 3 more than 7 times the age of Jefferson in 1748. What was the sum of the two men's ages in 1750?
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Question 696869: Five years ago I was thrice as old as my son and ten years later I shall be twice as old as my son. How old are we now?
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Question 696866: THE SUM OF THE AGES OF SON AND FATHER IS 56 YERAS.AFTER 4 YEARS THE AGE OF THE FATHER WILL BE THREE TIMES THAT OF THE SON.FIND THE AGE OF THE FATHER?

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Question 696864: if sarah is two years old and her brother danayl is half her age, how old danyal be when when sarah turns 50 years old
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Question 696861: 10 years ago, Al was half as old as Bill is now, and 7 years from now, Al will be as old as Bill is now. Set up a system of equations that can be used to determine the ages now of Al and Bill, then solve the system
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Question 696981: Rose, who is 16, is four times as old as her brother. How old will Rose be when she is half as old as her brother?
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Question 696981: Rose, who is 16, is four times as old as her brother. How old will Rose be when she is half as old as her brother?
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Question 697004: When i was 6 years old my brother was half of my
age,now im 25 years.how old is my brother?
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Question 697004: When i was 6 years old my brother was half of my
age,now im 25 years.how old is my brother?
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Question 697045:
the sum of peters age and his fathers age is 40 years. in two years time peters father will be 3 times as old as peter. how old is peter and his father?
work out the answer by using simultaneous equation method.
thanks
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Question 697072: I know a priest who is 44 years old. Sometime ago, he was twice as old as I. In the following year he was one and a half times older than I.
How old am I now?
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Question 697110: A father says to his son that at the time of his birth he was 3 times older than him. If now father's present age is 18 years, then what was the age of son 4 years ago?
ANS: 8 years. But how?
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Question 697142: Mary Lou is 4 years younger than her sister, Jane. Their mother, who is a mathematics teacher, noticed that the product of the ages of the two sisters is 32. How old are the girls?
So far i have : y= age of jane
x= age of mary lu
y-x
y(x)=32
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Question 697161: The sum of a man's age and his sisters age is 97. The man is twice as old as his sister was when the man was as old as his sister is today. How old are they?
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Question 697171: The sum of a man's age and his sisters age is 91. The man is twice as old as his sister was when the man was as old as his sister is today. How old are they?
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Question 697275: A mother is 10 times as old as her son. In 6 years time, she will be 4 times as old as her son. Find their present ages?
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Question 697290: Alice, Bob and Carrie�s ages combined is 64 years. Alice is three years younger than Bob and Carrie is one year older than Alice. What are their ages?
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Question 697276: A father is twice as old as son now. If father is 5/3 times the age of son after 10 years, find their present ages.

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