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Question 830404: In two years Andy will be as old as Joe now. In two years Joe will be 1 1/2 times as old as Andy is then. Find their ages now
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Question 830425: Chris is five years older than his sister. The sum of their ages is 39. Find Chris's age.
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Question 830566: Ms. Enigma said: "One third of my age plus four fifths my age is the same as my age in six years." How old is Ms. Enigma now?
So what I did was I let x equal Ms. Enigma's age now.
This is what I've done so far, but I didn't get the right answer:
[ x/3 + 4/5 ] = x+6
[ 5x+15 + 12/15 ] = x+6
(5x+12)/15 = x+6
I then solved it as a proportion:
15x+90 = 5x+12 From here, I realized that I've obviously done something wrong; no one can have a negative age,yes? And I ended up with this:
10x = -78 And it's obviously wrong.
So please help :) Thank You!
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Question 830632: Bill is m years old. how old will he be in 3 years? how old was he 7 years ago?
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Question 830654: loren is 3/4 as old as Ping .four years ago, she was 4 years more than 1/2 as old as Ping. How old is each?
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Question 830774: Jack is 8 years older than Jill. Seven years from now the the sum of their ages will be 77.
How old is Jill now?
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Question 830818: A candy store owner wishes to mix 30 pounds of candy worth $12 per pound with candy worth $6 per pound to get a mixture worth $10 per pound. How much of the $6 candy must be used?
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Question 830856: the sum of the ages of Petra and her mother is 53. her mother is 5 years more than twice as old as Petra. How old are petra and her mother?
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Question 829863: If Mary is 16,and she is 4xs old than her brother,then how old will mary be when she is 2xs as old as her brother
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Question 830898: If Anil is the brother of the son of sunil's son ,what relation is Anil to sunil ?
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Question 830903: Robert is 15 years older than his brother Stan. However, "y" years ago, Robert was as twice as old as Stan. If Stan is now "b" years old and b>y, find the value of (b-y).
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Question 830756: A wife says if i reverse the digits of my age i will find the age of my husband . He is senior to me and the difference of our ages is equal to the 1/11 of the sum of our age. Find the age of wife ?
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Question 830988: Lucas is two and a half times as old as Jenny. If Lucas is 15 years older, then how old is Jenny? I got the equation: 2.5x=x+15 but now I'm stuck.
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Question 831004: "Bob is 10 years older than Phil. 15 years from now, Phil will be 4/5 Bob's age. What are Bob and Phil's current ages? Write an equation and solve."
Thank you so so much in advance!
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Question 831018: Esther is 18 years younger than her mother. If the sum of their ages 2 years ago was 70.How old is Esther and her mother.
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Question 831005: Lisa and Mike are sister and brother. Lisa has twice as many sisters as brothers, and Mike has five times as many sisters as brothers. How many girls and boys are there in this family?
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Question 831075: Michelle is three times as old as Fiona. Fiona is twice as old as Madeline. Madeline is seven years old. How old is Michelle?
a. 42 years old

b. 14 years old

c. 21 years old

d. 12 years old

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Question 831147: Jack is x years old. His brother Dan is 5 years younger. In 3 years time the sum of their ages will be 15. Write an equation in terms of x using the sum of their ages in 3 years time.
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Question 831342: Need help to crate a word math problem not sure how to do?
If a daily cost of breakfast is $10.00 and Lunch is $22.00 and Dinner is $35.00 the sum = X
(b+l+d)= X
Now if I budgeted B=$87.00 then how do I write out the loss?
X/b= ??
I know this is all wrong HELP!!!

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Question 831384: A shopkeeper buys a crate of eggs at $1.50 per dozen. he buys another crate, containing 3 dozen more than the first crate, at $2.00 per dozen. He sells them all for $2.50 a dozen and makes $15 profit. How many dozens were there in each of the crates?
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Question 831407: one year ago the ratio of varun and veena's age's was 4:5.one year hence,the ratio of their ages will be 5:6.present age of veena is?
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Question 831381: I have to translate these phrases into expressions with variables to arrive to the answer of these problem and I don't know how, I know the answer is: Vietnamese 1,300,000 and Chinese 2,600,000 would somebody be so kind of telling me how to get to this answer.
Problem:
According to a us census bureau survey in 2009, about half as many people in the united states spoke Vietnamese at home as spoke Chinese. if a total of about 3,900,000 people spoke these languages in their homes, how many spoke Vietnamese and how many spoke Chinese?

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Question 831275: Joan is three years older than her sister margaret, the sum of their ages is 45. What is joans age?
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Question 831402: A man is currently 3 times the age of his wife. In 23 years he will only be 2 times her age. What is the current age of the husband and the wife?
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Question 831431: When I am 3 times my age I will be 66 what age am I ?
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Question 831624: Sonya is twice as old as Ryan who was six four years ago. Ryan is three years older than Carl who is one year older than Sherri.
How old is Sonya now?
How old is Sherri now.
How old will Carl be in two years time?
In how many years will Carl be as Ryan now is?
How old is Ryan now?
How many years older than Sherri is Carl?
What difference of Sonya's present age and Sherri present year?
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Question 831650: Your teacher is 3 times your age. The sum of your age is 80. How old are you?
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Question 831635: Your sister is 8 years older than you. your mother is 25 years older than your sister. The Product of all three ages is 18,816, HOw old is your mother?
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Question 831759:
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Question 831857: A man is nine times as old as his son. In nine years, he will be three times as old as his son. How old are each of them now?
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Question 831939: Alicia is 9 years old. Peggy is 6 years old. What is the sum of their ages?
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Question 832203: Three years from now, Judith will be y years old. How old was she 4 years ago

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Question 832312: John�s age and his father�s age added together make 56. His father is 28 years older than John. Write these equations as statements and solve them to find their ages.
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Question 832333: log2(x^2-x)=1
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Question 832357: THREE YEARS AGO NAVIN AND PAMMI HAD AN AVERAGE AGE OF 18YEARS.WITH SUBHA JOINING THEM NOW THEIR AVERAGE BECAME 22YEARS.WHAT IS SUBHA'S AGE NOW?

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Question 832350: How old is Ann if she's three years older than chuck and in five years, her age and chuck age will equal to 54
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Question 832285: Jane's mother is 42 years older than her. The square of Janes age is equal to her mothers age. How old is Jane andher mother?
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Question 832375: If mayette is 6 years older than her sister beverly, and raul is 5 years older than mayette. It was known that thier total age is 41. How old is beverly?

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Question 832584: Paul's age is 3 years less than twice Lisa's age. If Lisa is 'x' years old, then how old is paul

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Question 832591: A man is 3 years less than 5 times his sons age. The sum of their ages 37. Determine the fathers age.
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Question 832726: Tony is half his father Simon's age. In 10 years, Tony will be three-fifths Simon's age. Ten years ago, Tony was one-third Simon's age. How old are Tony and Simon now?
Please help I simply can not get my head around this
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Question 832899: Joe is twice as old as David. The sum of their ages is 63. How old are David and Joe
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