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Question 781455: 20. Ram is now 15 years older than his younger brother Govind. Ten years from now, Ram will be twice as old as Govind. Find the present ages of each.

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Question 781462: the average of 3 children in a family is 20% of the average age of the father and the eldest child. the total age of the mother and the youngest child is 39 years, if the father's age is 26 year, what is the age of the second child?
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Question 780863: my age plus my son age is equal to my fathers age which is 78 years old.when i was my son age he was just a quarter as old as i am now.how old am i?
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Question 781328: Assuming he lives that long, one author of our book, Hornsby, will be 76 years old in the year x^2 (X is a counting number). In what year was he born?
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Question 778957: jacob is three times as old as his brother.if jacob's age is 12,how old will jacob be when he is twice as old as his brother?
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Question 781490: Tim is 5 years older than twice Mel's if m equals Tim's age write an expression to represent Tim's age.
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Question 781598: Jack is 4 times as old as Lacy. 6 years from now the sum of their ages will be 67. How old are they now?
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Question 781869: john is 5 times older than his brother the som of both them is 23 how old is john
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Question 781909: Diophantus's youth lasted one sixth of his life. He grew a beard after one twelfth more. After one seventh more of his life, he married. 5 years later, he and his wife had a son. The son lived exactly one half as long as his father, and Diophantus died four years after his son.
How many years did Diophantus live?
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Question 781928: my age is 98 in 56 years. How old am I now?
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Question 782059: (Using quadratics to solve)
Jane is 12 times her daughter�s age (x). In 4 years time Jane�s age will be equal to 8 less than the square of her daughter�s age. Find the ages of both Jane and her daughter now?
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Question 782132: debbie is now twice as old as jerry. Four years ago, Debbie was three times as old as jerry then. How old is Debbie?
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Question 782185: Katie's father is three times her age. How old are Katie and her father now if, in 4 years time, the sum of their ages is 68? Use K to represent Katie's age.
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Question 782207: The sum of Richard's age and his older brother's age is 63. The difference between their ages is 13. How old are Richard and his brother?
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Question 782229: rachels mom is 3 times as old as rachel. Eight years from now, rachel will only be half her moms age. How old is rachel now
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Question 782276: Chris is 5 years older than jacob. Four years from now chris will be twice as old as jacob. How old is chris now?
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Question 782652: Jack is 2 times as old as Lacy. 10 years from now the sum of their ages will be 35. How old are they now?
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Question 782667: ten years ago a man was as old as his wife is now. The man is now twice as old as his wife was then. How old are they both now?
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Question 782699: age now is 5 age in 5 years 10
age now is 7 age in 5 years 12
age now 10 age in 5 years is 15
age now 20 age in 5 years 25
age now x age in 5 years x
what is the next answer?
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Question 782821: alan has 8 more marbles than jon does.if alan has 21 marbles,how many does jon have?
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Question 783223: Ryan and josh are brothers. If the sum of their ages is 23 and ryan is 1 year less than twice his brother joshs age then how old is ryan and josh
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Question 783283: Mrs. Tom has a son and a duaghter. She is twice as old as her son and her son is twice as old as her daughter. The total of thier ages is 91 years. How old is her son?
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Question 783322: Jane will be x years old seven years from now. How old was she seven years ago?
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Question 783427: I have two digits I am between 16 and 24 I am one quarter of a multiple of 10. What am I?
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Question 783346: Noy is twice as old as Kris. In eight years, Noy will be 4 years older than Kris. Find their ages.

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Question 783450: Tom is 8 times older than Sam but Hal is 7 years older than Sam. If the total of their ages is 57, how old is Hal?
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Question 783235: Jack is 4 times as old as Lacy. 6 years from now the sum of their ages will be 87. How old are they now?
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Question 783194: marks mother is 32 years older than mark. the sum of their ages is 66. how old is each
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Question 783497: George is 5 times older than his son. In 15 years he will only be 2 times older than his son. How old will the son be in 15 years?
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Question 783195: what is the ones (or unit) digit in 2^4000
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Question 783921: Mike is two years younger than his sister Sarah. If in 3 years their ages add up to 48, what are Mike and Sarah's present ages
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Question 784001: my brother is 15 years older than me, our ages equal 43 years. how old are we?
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Question 784138: Loretta�s age in 17 years will be twice what it was 13 years ago. How old is Loretta now?
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Question 784341: fifteen-year-old fred is 1 year more than twice as old as his brother, jody. solve for the variable
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Question 784496: In 7 years ted will be twice as old as he was 9 years ago. How old is Ted now
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Question 784543: I know the answer (36; 37; 38), but don't know exactly how to write it out.
Steve's, Jack's and Matt's ages are consecutive whole numbers. Steve is the youngest, Matt is the oldest. The sum of their ages is 111. Find their agest. Is this correct?
Steve = x; Jack = x+1; Matt = x=2 How do I proceed from here
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Question 784548: The sum of two numbers is 36. If the larger number is divided by the smaller number the quotient is 2 and the remainder is 3. Find the numbers.
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Question 784684: 3(-2x+5)=11-4x
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Question 784717: Matthew is 34 years older than Steven. 10 years ago, Matthew was three times Stevens age then. How old are they now
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Question 784735: Paul is twice as old as Sarah. Rob is fourteen years older than Sarah's age. If Rob's age is 10 more than Paul's age, how old is Sarah?
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Question 784752: Sam and Emily have a combined age of 26. If Sam is two years older than Emily, how old is each of these friends?
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Question 784986: Gabriela is 36 years old and Christopher is 6 years old.
How many years will it take until Gabriela is only 3 times as old as Christopher?
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Question 785151: A certain number is 3 more than another number. If their sum is 21, find their numbers

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