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Question 809032: mr alvarado is 20 years older than his son . in 5 years, he will be twice as old as his son will then be find their present ags
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Question 809132: Ashley is 10 years older than her sister. In six years she will be twice her sister's age. How old is Ashley?
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Question 809141: Four years ago, Tom's age was 3/4 of the age he will be in 6 years. How old is he now?
The equation I tried was x - 4 = (3/4) (x + 6). I know the parentheses means multiplication, I just have never seen fractions inside them.
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Question 809249: The total age of a woman and her son is 51 years. Three years ago, the woman was eight times as old as her son. How old is her son now?
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Question 809319: Mary is twice as old as Helen and Sue is twice as old as Mary. In ten years their combined ages will total 58 years. How old is each at the present time?

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Question 809510: PLEASE HELP ME SOLVE THIS WORD PROBLEM: "AGE"
A FATHER IS 30 YEARS OLDER THAN HIS SON. IN 12 YEARS, THE FATHER WILL BE TWICE AS OLD AS HIS SON THEN. FIND THEIR PRESENT AGES.
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Question 809522: kindly help me with this other problem:
GINA IS THREE YEARS LESS THAN TWICE ROMY'S AGE. IF GINA IS 27 YEARS OLD, HOW OLD IS ROMY?
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Question 809583:
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Question 809623: a girl is half her mom's age,if her dad is 5 years older than her mom.find their ages
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Question 809752: How would you solve this. "3 sisters were born is consecutive years. The sum of their ages is 60. What are their ages?"

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Question 809752: How would you solve this. "3 sisters were born is consecutive years. The sum of their ages is 60. What are their ages?"

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Question 809745: Jonathan is ten yrs older than Michael, in 5 yrs Michael will be twice his age. How old is Michael?
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Question 809745: Jonathan is ten yrs older than Michael, in 5 yrs Michael will be twice his age. How old is Michael?
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Question 809631: My father is 28 years older than me, and I am 19 years older than my son. 10 years ago, the sum of my age and my sons age, was half od my fathers age. How old am I today? Let my age be x. Make an equation in x and solve it to determine how old I am.

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Question 809763: Bill is 5 years less then 3 times charity's age. The sum of there ages is 79. How old is bill and charity?
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Question 809763: Bill is 5 years less then 3 times charity's age. The sum of there ages is 79. How old is bill and charity?
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Question 809549: a girl is half her mother's age but her father is 5 years older than her mother if their total ages is 100 years how old are they
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Question 809544: fifteen more than 3 times neetu's age is the same as 4 times her age. how old is she?
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Question 809767: Allie is 3 years younger than Karen.Karen is 4 years older than Jessica .Jessica is 12.How old is Allie
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Question 809541: john is 6 years older than his brother.he will be twice as old as his brother in 4 years.how old john now?
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Question 810097: I would also like the help of solving the System of equations by Substitution.
On the paper I received yesterday from my Algebra 1 teacher all number 1 says is
y = x + 2
y = 2x - 1
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Question 810239: What would be the word expression for c= 15,20,25
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Question 810278: can a ratio of a parent's age to his or her child ever exactly be 3:2?
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Question 810284: jake is 5 years older than his sister three years ago jake was twice his sisters age how old is jakes siter now?
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Question 807525: Father' age was 7 times his son 5 years ago.
After five years, he will be 3 times his son.
What is the age of father?
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Question 810618: Kurt is 9 years older than Blair. In 7 years the sum of their ages will equal 93. Find both ages.
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Question 810790: Lauren is the youngest of four sisters. The average of their ages(all different whole numbers) is 9 years. What is the oldest that Lauren can be in years?
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Question 810816: A coach said to his assistant, "Today I saw three of our biggest fans. The product of their ages is 2450. Can you tell me what their ages were?
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Question 811019: Marilyn's age in 13 years will be three times what it was 11 years ago
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Question 811079: Bob is 9 years older then his dog , Write an equation graph it and a table
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Question 810967: Ten yrs ago, the age of father was 33, his present age is 5 more than his wife's age; their son's age is half of his mother, the sum of their ages now os 120. Give the age of each of them
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Question 811127: A father is twice as old as his son. In 20 years, the son will be 2/3 as old as his father. How old are each now?
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Question 810917: Jason is 5 years older than Bill. Bill is twice as old as Sharon. How old is Jason?
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Question 811304: A man is 20 yrs old. his daughter is 5. in how many years will the man's age twice his daughter's age
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Question 811307: Let m be steph's age now.
a.) what is her age 5 yrs ago.
b.) if jemi is 2 yrs younger than steph, represent their age now.
c.) what was jemi's age 5 yrs ago?
d.) if 5 yrs ago the sum of their ages was 36, write an equation to represent this.
Thank you in advance. Life savior. ♥

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Question 811364: Father's age is 5 times the sum of the age of his children.In 8 years, the father's age will be twice the sum of the ages of these 2 children.Find his present age,
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Question 811536: Jane is 4 times as old as Karen. Janes age decreased by Karen's age is 21 years. Find their ages

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Question 811519: bill was asked how old he was. he replied," In two years i will be twice as old as i was five years ago.how old is he?
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Question 811525: Please help me write an equation for this problem: Five years from now, the sum of the ages of a woman and her daughter will be 40 years. The difference in their present age is 24 years. How old is their daughter now?
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Question 811954: Miyuki, 42 years old has a daughter, Megumi, 12 years old. How many years will Miyuki be twice as old as her daughter?
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Question 811945: Susan is 3 years older than tom. Two years ago Susan was twice as old as Tom. Find their present ages.
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Question 812030: In five year's time, I will be three times as old as I was three years ago. How old am I now?
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Question 812043: How would I set up this word problem to solve it? Mary is 3 years less than twice Junes's age. The sum of their ages is 27. How old is each of them?
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Question 812149: a stairway has less than 20 steps. if tony goes up 2 steps at a time, then one step is left at the end. if he goes up 3 steps at a time then 2 steps are left. if he goes up 4 steps at a time then 3 steps are left. how many steps does the stairway have?
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