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Question 795522: Ian is 6 years older than ryan.Six years ago he was twice as old as him.how old is each now?
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Question 795485: find the number if one is five more than another and their sum is seventy-one.

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Question 795559: Jack was x 4 years ago how old will jack be 6 years fr now
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Question 795804: A girls age is a multiple of 9. Next year it will be a multiple of 8. How old is the girl?
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Question 795808: i have a problem in solving the age problem
my question is
A father is three times as old as his son but after 22 years he will be only twice as old as his son find the ages of both

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Question 795809: Ann is 2 years older than Mary. Last year Ann was 3 times as old as Mary. How
old is Ann now?
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Question 795809: Ann is 2 years older than Mary. Last year Ann was 3 times as old as Mary. How
old is Ann now?
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Question 795962: Mom here, stumped trying to help her 8th grade son in accelerated math. Help! Here is the problem-
Two sisters, Barbara and Monica, celebrate their birthday together since they were born on the same day and the same month, except that Barbara is two years younger than Monica. To a tactless question about her age, Monica replied "Barbara is very young-she is not as old as we were together 9 years ago. As for me, I am very old, because I am older than we were together nine years ago. How old is each sister?
thanks so much!!!
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Question 796162: Luigi is 12 years older than Mario. If Mario's age two years from now is half Luigi's age 6 years from now, how old will each 10 years from now?
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Question 796215: five years ago, my grandfather was five times as old as I was. Three years from now, my grandfather will be three times as old as I will be. how old am I now?
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Question 796255: In 28 years, a woman will be twice as old as she will be in two years. How old is she now?
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Question 796258: Joyce is twice the age of her brother Pepe. Five years ago, the sum of their ages is 59. find the ages of Joyce and Pepe now.
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Question 796368: a father is thirty times older than his son. However 18 years later he will only thrice as old as the son. What is the fathers present age
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Question 796589: Can x+24<50 =26
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Question 796623: 2 years ago,father's age was 9 times the son's age but 3 years later it will be 5 times only.Find the present ages of the father and the son.

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Question 796688: Today, Belle's age is four less than twice the age of her sister, Cecille. in five years, twice Belle's age will be three times Cecille age. How old are they today?
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Question 796666: Willard's age is eight less than three times Frank's age. The sum of their ages is 48. Find the age of each person.
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Question 796761: Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.
The sum of and twice Chau's height
Use the variable to represent Chau's height.
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Question 796760: the sum of 16 and twice Chau's height use c to represent chau's
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Question 796764: John is now three times Pat's age. Four years from now John will be x years old.In terms of x. How old is Pat now

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Question 796849: Santha is 10 years old. His little sister, Shurti, is only two years old. How many times older than Shruti is Santha?

A. 10 = 2(X)
B. 10 = 2 + 2(X)
C. None of the above

If your answer choice is C., then write a number sentence to represent the story correctly.
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I think the answer is B, because Shurti is 2 and Santha is 8 years older, so that would be 2 + 2(4) = 10
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Question 796855: Sally is 2 years older than three times her brother Jim�s age. If Jim is 4 years old, how old is Sally?

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Question 796953: the fire station is 8 years older than 2 times the age of the school. the fire station is 80 years old. what is the age of the school? please help
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Question 796970: four years ago SOPHIE WAS twice as old as her sister. right now she is 1.5 times older than her sister. how old is sophie right now
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Question 796969: Mrs. Lopez is 54 and has a daughter who is six years more than a third of her age. How old is Mrs. Lopez's daughter?

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Question 797074: Kyle�s is nine years older than Paul. If the sum of their ages is 39, how old is each person?
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Question 797162: Please help me solve this word problem. Anna is 12 years old, and her mother is three times as old as anna. How many years ago was her mother four times as old as anna? Thank you very much!
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Question 797235: Rose is 2 years older than her brother. If their age added together is 30 years, what is the age of his brother?
Thanks for answering
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Question 797584: I am 21 years old and my mom is 53. Will there ever be an age where I have te same numbers as her in the same year just opposite (example 35 and 53)?
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Question 797840: Hi. I have been having difficulty with word problems. I am in algebra 1. The problem on my paper says, "Nate's father is 25 years older than Nate. Nate's father is 7 years older than twice Nate's age. How old is Nate's father?" If you could talk me through it, that would be great. Thank you.
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Question 798062: The ages of Mrs.A's 3 pets , Peaches, Coco , and Kirby, are consecutive even integers. The sum of their ages is 24.
Part A - write an equation that can be used to find Peaches, the youngest animals age n.
Part B - Find the ages.

Please help me with my practice problem... Thanks.

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Question 798280: In three more years, Danny�s father will be 2 times as old as Danny was last year.
When Danny�s present age is added to his father�s age, the total is 86.How old is each one now?
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Question 798291: what is a way in number form you can say 4 pounds plus .10

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Question 798330: bill is three times as old as pedro. eighteen years from now, bill will be twice as old as pedro will be then. find the present age of both bill and pedro.
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Question 798278: The age of father is twice the square of the age of his son . Eight years hence , father's age will be thrice times as that of his son . Find their present age ?

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Question 798531: sarah is 15 yrs older than joseph. in ten years from now. sarah will be twice as old as joseph .how old is sarah now?
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Question 798542: a father is 27 years older than his son.the sum of their age is 55 years.find the age of the son?
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Question 798572: Will is w years old. Ben is three years older and Jan is twice as old as Ben.
A. Write an equation, in terms of w, for Ben's age and Jan's age.
B. If you add together the ages of Will, Ben and Jan the total comes to 41 years . Write an algebraic equation and find out how old Will, Ben , and Jan are.

C. In how many years will Jan be twice as old as Will ? Explain your answer.
Please Help Needed ASAP! !! Thank you, please
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Question 797955: James is 4 years older than Kabul. In two years, their ages will total 50. How old is James now?
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Question 798617: Ray is now 18 years old. His mother, Kay is now 46 years old.
a)write an expression for each person's age "x" years from now.
b) Write an equation stating that Kay is twice as old as Ray. Then solve it to find out when Kay is twice as old.
c) When is Kay three times as old as Ray?
d) write an equation stating that Ray is exactly as old as Kay. Solve it. When is this true?
e) write an equation stating that Ray's age is 28 years less than Kay's age. When will this be true?
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Question 798530: sarah is 15 yrs older than joseph. in ten years from now. sarah will be twice as old as joseph.
how old is sarah now?
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Question 798886: Mary's father is four times as old as Mary. Five years ago, he was seven times as old. How old is each now?
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Question 798956: A boy is 6years old and his sister is twice as old.when the boy is 10years old,how old his sister??
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Question 799069: Jacob purchased a DVD player online. He paid $25.95 less than the price of the same item at a local store: $159. What did Jacob pay for his DVD player
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