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Question 840242: kelly is twice as old as Sue. four years from now, the sum of their ages will be 23. how old is kelly?
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Question 840251: The sum of 7 times the smaller of two consecutive numbers and 2 times the
larger number is 839. Solve.
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Question 840176: Please help solve this problem
A man is 3 times older than his wife. The sum of their ages is 73 years. Calculate the difference between the squares of their ages
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Question 840089: In 5 years, Tom will be twice as old as Cindy. 13 years ago, he was three times as old as Cindy. How many years ago was Tom four times as old as Cindy?

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Question 840225: A curious student asks his math teacher: "I heard you have three daughters. How old are they?"
The math teacher says: "Well, the product of my daughters' ages is 72, and the sum of their ages is the number of the room we are in."
The student writes a few things down and then says: "I don't have enough information."
The math teacher exclaims: "Ah, of course! I forgot to tell you that my oldest daughter has green eyes."
The student says: "Oh, now it's clear. Their ages are..."
What are their ages?
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Question 840320: five years from now a father's age will be three times his son's age, and 5 years ago, he was seven times as od as his son was. What are their current ages?
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Question 840333: word problem. Dell computer lowered its price on a computer by 8.5% and now sells it for 484.95. What was its original price?
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Question 840505: In 5 year's time, the sum of the ages ofna pair of twins and their elder sister is 45. The present age of the elder sister is 6 years less than the sum or the present age of the twins.Find the present ages of each twins and their elder sister
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Question 840503: a father is 4 times as old as his son.in 10 years he will be twice as old .how old is the father at the present ?
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Question 840485: Stevens age in t years if he is 14 this year expressed as an algebraic expression.
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Question 840498: When Ricky was 10 years old his father was 45. How many years must past for Ricky to be 5 years older than one-fifth as old as his father?

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Question 839821: How to write 2-3 years younger than you in algebraic expression
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Question 840786: James is now exactly twice as old as John. In three years Johns age will be two thirds of James' age. Two years ago Johns age was one fourth of James' age. what are their ages now?

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Question 840883: Paige is one fifth her mothers age if the sum of their age is 30 how old is paige?
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Question 840797: the age of henry is 3 times the age of ali. if the sum of their ages is 48years, how old are they now
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Question 840891: A man is 37 years old his child age is 8, how many years ago was the product of the age is 96.
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Question 840896: An older person is 7 years older than four times the age of a younger person. The sum of their ages is 27. Find their ages.
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Question 840869: in 4 years John will be four thirds Graces age 5 years ago John was one year more than twice Grace's age how old are John Grace now?
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Question 840713: The sum of the ages of a woman and her son is 30. In 24 years, her son will be half as old as she will be. How old is each? What are the linear equations?
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Question 840920: If Harlem was born on January 17, 1965 , how old was she on February 6th, 1997? How do go about figuring this out.
Thanks
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Question 840960: Two numbers have a sum of 67. The smaller number is 21 less than the larger number. Find the two numbers.
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Question 840964: The sum of the ages of Elmira, Geoff, and Rae is 82. Elmira adds six to Geoffs age, subtracts 8 from Rae's age, or doubles her own age, it will equal Doug's age. How old is Doug?
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Question 841091: The sum of the ages of a woman and her son is 36 years. Six years from now the woman will be twice as old as her son. How old is each?
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Question 841040: In two years, Ann will be twice as old as she was 5 years ago. What age is she?
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Question 840903: the age of a man ten years ago was 35 years more than the twice the age of his son. After how many years from now will the man's age become twice his son's age?
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Question 841275: Ellie is 6 and her dad is 37. How long will it be before her dad is twice as old as she is?
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Question 841259: Janet is 3 times as old as her brother Marshall. If the difference in their ages is 6 years, what is the age of each?
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Question 840445: Pat is twice as old as Andrea. Eight years ago, she was ten times as old as Andrea. How old is each girl now?
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Question 841330: X times age of John is equal to Y times age of Alice. Difference between their ages is M. John is older to Alice. Find their ages.

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Question 841330: X times age of John is equal to Y times age of Alice. Difference between their ages is M. John is older to Alice. Find their ages.

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Question 841378: a boy is 12 years old and is 1/3 of his fathers age. how old will his father be when the boy is 24
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Question 841428: A man is three times a girls age. In 21 years, he will only be twice her age. How old are the man and woman?
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Question 841442: a boys age is now three-sevenths of what he will be four years from now. how many is he now?
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Question 841293: My granddaughter is about as many days as my daughter is weeks, and my granddaughter is as many months as I am in years. My granddaughter, my daughter and I together are 100 years. Can you tell me my age in years?
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Question 841535: the denominator of a fraction is 2 more than the numerator.. if 1 is added to both, the fraction reduce t o 4/5.. find the fraction

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Question 841531: a father is twice as old as his son..20 years before,the father was four times as old as his son. find their present age
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Question 841589: The sum of Cathy and Tony's age is 65. Eight years ago Cathy's age was 2/5 of Tony's age. How old are they now?
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Question 841622: David has two brothers. One brother is two years younger than him and the other is five years older than him.
a) Let david be x years old. Write down an expression for the sum of their ages.
b) The sum of their ages is 39. Write down an equation and solve it to find x
c) What are their ages?
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Question 841636: Jack was 9 years older than Phil. Together their ages totaled 153 years. What was their ages?
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Question 841470: In 2 years Steven will be three times as old as he was twelve years ago. next year Adam will be half Steven's age (next year as well) How old is Mark today if he is 4 times as old as Adam?
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Question 841699: peter is 1/4 as old as john. in 5 years time, peter will be 1/3 as old as john. how old is peter now?
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Question 842244: john is three times as old as sally. john is presently 12 years old. how old would john be when he is twice as old as sally?
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Question 1: A father's age is thirteen times that of his son. In 10 years, the son's age will be one-third of his father's. How old are the father and son?
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