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Question 131188: Bob is as old as John will be when Bob is twice as old as John was when Bob's age was half the sum of their present ages. John is as old as Bob was when John was half the age he will be ten years from now. How old are John and Bob?

...I have no idea where to start...
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Question 131561: Olivia, Newt, and John were each born 3 years apart, with Olivia the youngest and john the oldest. The sum of the squares of their ages is 606. How old is each?
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Question 131565: Olivia, Newt, and John were each born 3 years apart, with Olivia the youngest and john the oldest. The sum of the squares of their ages is 606. How old is each?
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Question 131572: April, Mae, june and Julie were born in consecutive years, in that order, with april being the oldest. All they will tell you is that the sum of the squares of their ages is 534. How old are they?
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Question 131956: two years ago a father was four times as old as his son. three years from now the father will be only three times as old as the son. How old is each at present?
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Question 131990: Jack is twice as old as Jill. In 2 years, Jack will be 4 times as old as Jill was 9 years ago. How old are they now?
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Question 132068: The sum of Joe's age and Mary's age is 60 years. Ten years ago, Joe was 3 times as old as Mary was then. How old is each now?
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Question 132132: Dot and her cousin have a combined age of 24 years. 3 years ago Dot was exactly twice as old as her cousin. How old is Dot?
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Question 132132: Dot and her cousin have a combined age of 24 years. 3 years ago Dot was exactly twice as old as her cousin. How old is Dot?
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Question 132154: Tim is 2 times as old as his son. In 6 yrs he will be 3 times as old as his sons age was 6 years ago. How old is his son now? I think that the answer is his son is 24 and tim is 48. I think. maybe.
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Question 132273: A truck loaded with vegetables left Station B at 5:00 am and traveled eastward towards town M running at an average speed of 30 kph. At the same time, an express
bus left Station A, 30 km west of Station B, and traveled eastward towards town M
running at an average speed of 50 kph. When will the bus overtake the truck?
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Question 132274: A truck loaded with vegetables left Station B at 5:00 am and traveled eastward towards town M running at an average speed of 30 kph. At the same time, an express
bus left Station A, 30 km west of Station B, and traveled eastward towards town M
running at an average speed of 50 kph. When will the bus overtake the truck?
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Question 132272: Tony is half as old as Ric,Pete is 4 years younger than Ric and Don is 3 times as old as Tony. The sum of the ages of Tony and Ric 5 years hence is equal to the sum of the ages of Don and Pete 3 years ago. Find their present ages.
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Question 132308: A girl is now one-fourth as old as her father, and in seven years she will be one-half as old as her father was twelve years ago. Find their present ages.
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Question 133068: how whould i set up an equation for this word problem
four years ago, katie was twice as old as anne was then. in 6 years, anne will be the same age that katie is now. how old is each now?
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Question 133204: rema is older than ken. the difference of their ages is 12 and the sum of their ages is 50. find the age of each
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Question 133181: I have three word problems for age and I know that they are simple but I can't seem to find the correct formula
1. If John is x years old and Julia is 4 years younger, what age does Alfred have in each case?
a) Alfred is 1 year older than the average age of John and Julia.
b) Alfred is 2 years younger than 5 times the difference of John's and Julias ages.
This math text is in Spanish so I translated the problems into English.
2. A father is 3 times as old as his son. In 12 years he will be double the age of his son. What are the father and son's ages now?
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Question 133376: Bob's friend Tim is 4 times as old as he is. Six years from now, Tim will be twice as old as Bob will be. How old is Bob now? Algebra 1.
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Question 133416: Alice is 4 years younger than Betty and Carl is 3 times as old as Alice. Five years ago, Carl's age was 3 years less than twice the sum of the girls' ages then. How old is Carl now?
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Question 133814: Bob was born 2 years after Clark and 2 years before Henry. In 1951, after all three of them had their birthdays, the sum of their ages was 144. In what years were they born?
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Question 133909: The ages of Ann and Bill now add up to 91. Ann is three times as old as Bill was at the time when Ann was twice as old as Bill is now. How old are Ann and Bill?
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Question 133910: The ages of Ann and Bill now add up to 91. Ann is three times as old as Bill was at the time when Ann was twice as old as Bill is now. How old are Ann and Bill now?
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Question 134086: Anne is now seven times as old as joan.In six years ann will be five times as old as joan.find the age of each one.
Let a=Anne's age j=Joan's age
a = 7j now.------------(1)
In 6 yrs, a+6 =5(j+6)---(2)
(2)-(1): 6= 5(j+6)-6j==>
6=5j+30-7j =30-2j==>
j=24/2=12. Substitute j=12 in (1) to get a=7*12=84.
a= Anne's age=84 and j=joan's age =12
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Question 134131: Hello I am trying to find the solution to this problem about age. Im not sure if you divide or what steps you take to complete this problem.
I would think you divide 28 evenly...but i'm confused. Any help would be great!
Ralph is ten years older than his sister Rose. If the sum of their ages in three years is 28, how old are they now? Be sure to include all necessary work and the ages of each person.
Thank you very much for your time,
Mrs. Gibson
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Question 134344: four years ago, katie was twice as old as anne was then. in 6 years, anne will be the same age that katie is now. how old is each now?
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Question 134375: when a plane flies into the wind, it can travl 3000 km in 6 hours. when it flies with the wind, it can travel the same distance in 5 hours. Find the rate of the plane in still air and the rate of the wind.
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Question 134417: My problem : At a recent birthday party for a friend of mine, I pointed out the following to my friend: Thirteen years ago, you were half as old as you will be five years from now. What was my friend's age?

I have no work to show on this one because the sample(below) shows that Im doing formula all wrong....Please help me see where I am going wrong. Its been a while and Im obviously close but too rusty :P
SAMPLE: At a recent birthday party for a friend of mine, I pointed out the following to my friend: Eighty-eight years ago, you were one-third as old as you will be six years from now.
My answer: 123 correct answer was 135
Sample problem solutions 88+6=94/3=31+94=125 or 88/3=29+88+6=123
Thank you really for taking the time having done tutoring myself I appreciate what you guys are doing here.
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Question 134820: hi
i need your help on this one age problem that im stumped on
grandma is three years younger than grandpa and at their 30th anniversery, grandma was 17/18 of grandpa's age. how old were they when they got married?
thanks for your help
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Question 134832: hi
really need help...thanks a bunch
In five years annie's age will be one half of Sean's age. IN twelve years, one half of Annie's age will be one third of Sean's age. How old are they now?
thanks a lot
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Question 134895: A child is 1/3 the age of an older sibling. The sum of the children's ages is 16. How old is the younger child?
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Question 134895: A child is 1/3 the age of an older sibling. The sum of the children's ages is 16. How old is the younger child?
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Question 135230: In 13 years, the sum of ages of 4 people will be 97. What would be the sum of their ages in 7 years? Please EXPLAIN!
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Question 114748: The sum of 6 times John's age and 5 times Mary's age is 150. John is 2 years less than twice as old as Mary. Find each of their ages.
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Question 135689: a girl is 2/3 older than her sister. In 6 years, she will be 4/5 older and in 15 years it will be 7/8. Both girls are under 10 years old. what are their ages?
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Question 135877: Luis is 10 years older than his brother. Next year, he will be three times as old as his brother. How old is Luis now and What will the brothers age be next year?
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Question 135920: Mike's age is three fourths of Mary's age. In 5 years Mike's age will be seven ninths Mary's age. How old is Mike now? Please help with this problem.
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Question 131788: I really need help:
In 5 years Chim will be three times as old as Jared. The sum of their ages is 42. How old are Chim and Jared.
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Question 136374: Please help! I'm totally stuck...
Jennifer is four years older than her sister, Sue. In four years she will be twice as old as Sue was 5 years ago. Find their ages now.

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Question 136943: suppose that x represents a womans age now. express her age in five years
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Question 137173: Jack is 15 years old, and his sister, Jane is 5 years old. In how many years will jack be twice as old as Jane?
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