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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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Question 833252: dans's dad is four years older than dan. in four years time he will only be 3 times older than dan. what is dans current age
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Question 833252: dans's dad is four years older than dan. in four years time he will only be 3 times older than dan. what is dans current age
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Question 833242: tom and huck start a business painting fences. They paint Aunt polly's fence and find that they can paint a 200-ft(2) square .fence in 40min if they work together .If huch works four times faster than tom, how long would it take each of them to paint a 500-ft(2) square fence working alone?
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Question 833247: Jordan Is one one year younger than 2/3 The age of Jack. How old Is Jordan if Jack Is 30 years old ?
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Question 833247: Jordan Is one one year younger than 2/3 The age of Jack. How old Is Jordan if Jack Is 30 years old ?
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Question 833247: Jordan Is one one year younger than 2/3 The age of Jack. How old Is Jordan if Jack Is 30 years old ?
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Question 833288: Bill and Ben are twins. Bill is 3 years older than Ben, how is this possible?
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Question 833321: Mary was 21 when her daughter Carol was born. Carol was 18 when her child was born. The child
is now six years old. How old is Mary?
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Question 833425: Catherine's present age is two-thirds of Criselda's present age. In twelve years, the sum of their age will be 54 years. Find their present age.
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Question 833449: The age of a man 10 years hence was four times the age of his son. Father's age after 10 years will be twice the age of son. Find their present ages
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Question 833506: There's mom, dad, brother, and me. The sum of our ages is 83. 6 times dad equals 7 times mom and she is 3 times me.
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Question 833570: In 10 years, a man will be 3 times as old as his son is now. If the son's present age is x years, find the father's present age.
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Question 833735: Peter�s age in five years will be thrice his age 7 years ago. How old is Peter now?
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Question 834074: If a rag were soaked in 20 milliliters of chloroform, how long would it it take to knock someone out if someone was smothered by it
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Question 834119: Dad is seven times as old as his son. 10 years later, he will be three times as old as his son. Find their ages.
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Question 834195: Caleb is 54 years younger than Rebecca. 7 years ago, Rebecca's age was 4 times Caleb's age. How old is Caleb now?
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Question 834127: Pete, Mike and John are cousins. Pete's age is one-third of Mike's age and John's age is five years older than Mike's. If the sum of the ages of the cousins is 40, what are their ages?
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Question 834205: HI I AM AMRIT OF 7TH CLASS FROM INDIA
MY QUESTION IS
THE PERIMETER OF A RECTANGLE IS 100 CM AND LENGTH IS 40 CM FIND BREADTH
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Question 834320: Today is your friend's birthday. She is y years old. Her brother is 5 years younger. Write an expression in simplest form.
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Question 834381: you are now 4 years older than your brother.two years ago you were 1.5 times older than your brother.how old you now

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Question 834368: Amy,Joe and David have a total of $135 in their wallets. Joe has $10 more than Amy. David has 3 times what Amy has. How much does each have ?
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Question 834377: three years ago, joe's age was 1 year more than twice jill's. six years from now, his will be 10 years more than half her age. how old is joe?
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Question 834443: 10 years from now, Lisa will be 3 times the age she was 6 years ago.What is her present age?
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Question 834443: 10 years from now, Lisa will be 3 times the age she was 6 years ago.What is her present age?
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Question 833924: Joe's father is 45. He is 15 years older than twice Joe's age. How old is joe?

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Question 834553: the sum of the digits of a two digit number is 8. if 8 is subtracted from the number the digits interchange their places.find the number.
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Question 834516: Jeff is 5 years older than Maria. Bob is 3 years older than twice Maria's age. Jeff, Maria, and Bob's ages added together equal 42. How old is Jeff?
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Question 834900: maria is 12 years older than saul. the sum of their ages is 28. which of the following equations can be used to find their ages?
a. n+n / 12 =28
b. n +n+12=28
c.n/n-12=28
d.n(n-12)=28
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Question 834997: a man is 30 years old and his son is 4 years old after how many year will the man be twice as old as his son
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Question 835040: a man has a daughter and a son. Son is 3 years older than the daughter. In 1 years the father will be 6 times as old as daughter now and in 10 years he will be 14 years older than combined ages of kids what is the mans age

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Question 835084: (BEGINNING OF QUESTION)
Mike and Bill's ages if added together equal 9. The product of one of their ages multiplied by the square of the other's age is a maximum. What are the possible combinations of their ages?
Take your time to logically lay out your thoughts as to the process and statement of equations you would use to solve the problem. You will need the use of quadratic equations and their solutions, you will also need to take a derivative of an equation(s)and set its result to zero to determine a maximum value.
(END OF QUESTION)
(MY ATTEMPT)
I tried different combinations of their ages and got 3(6^2) as the maximum amount you can get from ages that add up to 9. The only problem is "The professor wants us to include the quadratic formula and some sort of derivation". I don't even understand where to apply the formula and the derivation.
Thanks for the help.
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Question 835192: Mr. Hughes teaches high school math. He looks young for his
age and his students are constantly asking him how old he is.
So he told them:
�One of the digits of my age is a multiple of the other. The
difference in the digits of my age is half the sum of the digits of
my age.�
How old is Mr. Hughes?
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Question 835440: Avarage age at your parents is 45 years. When your age is counted the avarage 33. What is your age?
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Question 834866: Two sisters are 9 and 5 years old. How many years time will the product of their ages be 221?
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Question 835574: John is 4 times as old as Martha. Five years ago the sum of their ages was 50. how old are they now?
Thanks Michael
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Question 835771: Lucy is six years older than Kathy. In two years, Lucy will be twice as old as Kathy. Find their ages now.
L = Lucy's age
K = Kathy's age
L = K + 6
L + 2 = 2K
Am I setting this up right ?
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Question 835791: In a class there are less than 500 students. When it is divided by 3 it gives a whole number. Similarly when it is divided by 4, 5 or 7 gives a whole number. Find the no. of students in the class

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Question 835828: a number exceeds another by 4 and their sum is 32.find the two numbers.
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Question 835830: find two consecutive odd numbers such that when the smaller number is subtracted from three times bigger number the result is 56.
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Question 835786: The ratio of Karla's age to Mike's age is 3:4. Two years ago, their average age was 12 years. How old is Karla now?

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Question 835860: I am a number greater than 40. When I am halved the answer is double 12.
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