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Question 758365: the total of the ages rahul sunilanil is 80 years .what was the total of their age in 3yrs ago.
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Question 758321: If Mom was born in 1943 and had a son in 1978, in the year 2013 she would be twice his age. What is the formula to determine how old they would be when that would happen the next time? Thank you.
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Question 758571: Jack is five years older than Sarah. In three years, Jack will be twice as old as Sarah. How old are they now?
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Question 758641: my son is 24 years younger than i am. he in turn is 25 years older than my grandson. my grandson and i together are 73 years old. how old am i?

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Question 758643: the total of the ages of anil, rahul and rajish is 80 years, what was the total of their ages three years ago?
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Question 758677: Sam is 5 times as old as his sister. In 10 years time, Sam will be 12 years less than thrice his sister's age then. How much older is sam than his sister?
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Question 758657: Please help me solve-
By quadratic equation formula, solve the following equations: (correct to 4 decimal places)
(a) x square + 6x + 7 = 0
(b) 3x square - x - 7 = 0
(c) x square - 3x - 3.51 = 0
I know the quadratic formula but I put it in and the answers didn't match.
Please help me!
It is due very soon.
Thank You for your time :D

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Question 758940: Two years ago, a man was 7 times as old as his son. In 3 years time, he will be only 4 times as old as son. Find the present age of the man and of his son.
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Question 758936: mark is five times older than his sister.if the sum of their ages three years ago is twenty seven. how old is mark
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Question 759058: Ann's age is seven-tenths of Bill's age. In 4 years ann's age will be eigth-elevenths of Bill's age. How old is Bill now?
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Question 759058: Ann's age is seven-tenths of Bill's age. In 4 years ann's age will be eigth-elevenths of Bill's age. How old is Bill now?
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Question 759037: The average age of a woman and her daughter is 19 years. The ratio of their ages
is 16 : 3. What is the age of the daughter?
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Question 759104: You are 54 years old, your mother is 80, how many years ago was she 3 times your age?
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Question 759238: John is currently 7 years older than paul. in two years time john will be twice pauls age. construct a suitable table and equation to find johns age.Can you help me construct both the Table and the equation?
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Question 759435: Please help me solve this!
Kiera is three times as old as the building which she lives. In twenty years, she will be two times the age of her building. How old is Kiera now?
I've tried
Let x be the age of her building
Let 3x be the age of Kiera
Let 3x+20 be the age of Kiera in twenty years
Let 2x be the age of her building in 20 years
And equation: 3x+20=2(x)
Only one variable please! Thanks.
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Question 759384: Tom is n years old. In 7 years he will be 21 years old. How old is Tom ?

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Question 759768: If I'm 46 years old and my mom is twice my age, and born 8 years before me, How old is my mom?
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Question 759778: Father age now 32 yrs, son age is 7 yrs, in how many yrs father will be twice of son age.
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Question 759789:
A boy is of 4Years old. His sister is three times elder to him.
What is the age of his sister when the boy is 12 Years old.?

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Question 759837: The total of the ages of Anil, Rahul and Rajish is 80 years. What was the total of their ages three years ago?
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Question 759937: the sum of the ages of a father and son is 85 years. five years ago, the father was exactly four times as old as his son. the present age of the father is?
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Question 760044: 52 is son age 53 is daoughter age 54 is mother age. what will be the age of father?
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Question 760216: mary is four times as old as fred. Twenty years from now, mary will be only twice as old as fred.
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Question 760442: Jack is 2 times as old as Lacy. 6 years ago the sum of their ages was 24. How old are they now?
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Question 760453: in 8 years he will be 5 times as old as he was 12 years ago. how old is he now?

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Question 760459: Cody is twice as old as Evan and five years ago the sum of their age was 14. Find the age of each boy now.
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Question 760456: One side of triangle is 3 more than 3 times the shortest side. The third side is 24 feet more than the shortest side. The perimeter is 87. Find all three sides.
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Question 760546: at present sohan's age is 7 more than a square number and 6 less than it immediate next square number.in how many years sohan will be 80 years?
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Question 760574: Gary is today 5 times as old as Joan. Two years later, he will be 4 times as old as Joan. How old is Joan today?
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Question 760610: A man is x years old while his son is y years old, the sum of their ages is equal to twice the different of their ages, the product of their ages is 675, find the ages of the man and his son
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Question 760616: A man is 3 times as old as his daughter, 8 years ago the product of their ages is 112, find their present ages
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Question 760616: A man is 3 times as old as his daughter, 8 years ago the product of their ages is 112, find their present ages
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Question 760789: billys age is three times Tim's age. The sum of their ages is 92. What is Tim's age?
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Question 760959: thw walzer's average phone bill increased from $16.65 to $19.98.
What is the percent of average?
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Question 760980: Today, a baby boy is 240 days old. His friend is 120 days old, making the first boy exactly twice as old as his friend. Will the first boy ever be twice as old as the second boy again in their lifetimes?
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Question 761113: Teresa is three times older than Anne. If anne is 8 years old now, find teresa's age when anne is 15 years old
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Question 761135: The width of a room is 4m less than the length, if the area is 45sq meters, find the dimension of the room
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Question 761135: The width of a room is 4m less than the length, if the area is 45sq meters, find the dimension of the room
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Question 761128: The length of a rectangle is 3 times its width. If the length is increased by 2 inches and the width by 1 inch, the new perimeter is 62 inches. What is the width before the increase
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Question 761125: The width of a rectangle is one third the length. The perimeter is 80 yards. Find the width of the rectangle
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Question 761227: Pat is 40 years older than his son Patrick. In 4 years, the sum of their ages will be 90. How old are they now?
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Question 761239: If I have the ages 14, 38, and 44. Write an equation that models how old in years each of you will be, when your ages add up to 150 years old.

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Question 761291: susie is three times as old as lita four years ago.susie is now two years older than lita.how old are susie and lita?

what is ann's present age if in 20 years,she will be 3 times as old as is now?
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Question 761517: wilma is twice as old as jamal, and jamal is 3 years older than tim. the sum of all their ages is 17. how old is jamal?
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Question 761652: Susan is 4 times as old as Paul and 1/2 times as old as Mary . What fractions of Paul's age is Mary ?
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