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Question 151788: I am stuck. The problems is....The sum of 3 times John's age and 2 times Jill's age is 44. Jill is 8 years less than twice as old as John is. Find each of their ages.
John=x
Jill=y
I have tried 3x + 2y = 44 and y = 2x - 8. Together I have 3x + 2(2x-8)=44
the answer would be a fraction so it must not be correct. I must be setting up the two equations wrong. Please help
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Question 152141: A man is 41 years old and his son is 9. In how many years will the father be three times as old as the son?
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Question 152140: In thirty years, James will be 8 times as old as, He was 12 years ago. How old is he now?
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Question 152228: The present age of a father exceeds 3 times the present age of his son by 2 years. Six years ago, the age of the father exceeded 4 times the age of the son by 4 years. Find the present ages of the son and the father.
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Question 152546: can you please help me with this word problem: chan is 4 times older than his cousin. in 8 years he will only be two time older. how old are they both now?
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Question 152445: Half of Henry's age added to 1/3 od Daisy's age is 11 years.
Six years from now, the sum of their ages will be 40 years.
How old is each?
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Question 152560: please help me with the question: scott is now 24 and shannon is 12 years old. how many years ago was scott 4 times as old as shannon was at that time?
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Question 152588: Leah is 6 years older than her sister Sue and John is 5 years older than Leah and the total of their ages is 41. How old is Sue?
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Question 152570: please help me with this question: jill,maria, and ashley sold tickets to a rock concert. jill sold 5 times as many as ashley. maria sold 4 more than ashley. the total amount sold was 67 tickets. how man did each sell?
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Question 153573: anns age is seven-tenths of bills age.in 4 years anns age will be eight-elevenths of bills age.how old is bill now?
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Question 153671: Bob is 20 years older than Ben. In 10 years, Bob will be twice as old as Ben. How old is each now?
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Question 153862: John is 4 years younger than her brother. Five years from now, the sum of their ages will be 32. Find John's present age.
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Question 153936: I have been trying to solve this question but I cant figure it out: The sum of the present ages of Eric and his father is 58 years. In 10 years, his father will be twice as old as Eric will be at that time. Find their present ages.
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Question 153913: Please help me solve this problems :
1. On Dave's birthday, his brother Harry is 17 yrs younger than 3 times his age. The boy's father , Tom is 12 yrs. older than twice Harry's age. If Dave is 7 years younger than his brother , how many candles are on Dave's cake?
2. When Alvin divides each of 5 consecutive integers by his age, the sum of the 5 remainders he gets is 32. When Susan , several yrs. older, divides each of a different set of 5 consecutive integers by her age, the sum of the five remainders she gets is also 32. What is the sum of the ages of Alvin and Susan?
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Question 154299: Reggie is 5 years old than laarni. five years ago, the sum of their ages was 25. how old are they now?
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Question 154407: Mrs. Shieh was 24 years old when Ingred was born. In three years the sum of their ages will be 68 years. How old is each now?
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Question 154566: the sum of the ages of Ira and Sofia is 26. the difference between t4 times Sofia's age and twice Ira's age is 8. what are their ages?
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Question 154493: Write an equation for the situation. Kyle's aunt is now three times as old as Kyle. Five years ago, his aunt was four times as old as Kyle. Let k = Kyle's age now.
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Question 154831: If Martin was four times as old as Gary 8 years ago and if Martin will be twice as old as Gary 8 years hence, find their ages.
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Question 154829: In two years, Edgard will be three-fourths as old as his sister, Edna. Two years ago, he was two-thirds as old as she. How old are they?
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Question 154827: A man is 46 years old and his grandson is 10 years old. In how many years will the godfather be thrice as old as his godson?
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Question 154828: A mother is 4 times as old as her son and in twenty years will be twice as old as her daughter, who is five years older than her brother. How old is each?
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Question 154824: A mother is 25 years older than her daughter. Ten years ago, the daughter is 4/9 of the age of the mother was then. Find the age of each.
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Question 154972: My son is back in school, and my algebra from 20+ years ago is not coming back to me...
Please help me with this:
Julie is 4 times older than Aaron. In 10 years Julie will be twice as old as Aaron. How old are Julie and Aaron?
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Question 154973: WENDY'S AND DANIEL'S AGES COMBINED ARE TWICE JAMIE'S AGE. WENDY IS 8 YEARS OLDER THAN DANIEL. JAMIE'S AGE PLUS DANIEL'S AGE IS 20 YEARS. HOW OLD ARE EACH OF THEM?
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Question 154915: The gym is 21 years newer than the auditorium. The gym is also one fourth as old as the auditorium. How old is each building?
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Question 155205: this year your brother james
will be 2 years from being twice as old as your sister jenny. The sum of james age and 3 times jennys age is 66. How old is Jenny
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Question 155193: Jan invested 1200 dollars to a certain simple intrest rate and 2200 dollars at a rate of 3 percent higher. Her annual earning was 253 dollars. Find the two intrest rates if she earned 121 dollars more on the higher than on the smaller.
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Question 155531: Juan is 8 years older that his sister. In 3 years, he will be twice as old as she will be then. How old is each now?
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Question 155568: Lucy is 4 times as old as Amy. Three years ago, Lucy was 13 times as old as Amy. How old is Lucy now?
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Question 155571: Dustin is 11 years younger than Elias. In two years, Dustin will be half as old as Elias. How old is Dustin?
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Question 155567: 8 years ago, Jimmy was three times as old as Anne. In 4 years, Jimmy will be 3/2 of Anne's age. How old is Jimmy now?
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Question 155611: Julie is 4 times older than Aaron. In 10 years, Julie will be twice as old as Aaron. How old are Julie and Aaron?
Thank you!:o)
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Question 155610: Jeff is two years younger than Carrie. 12 years ago, Carrie was twice as old as Jeff. How old is Jeff now?
Thank you!:o)
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Question 155566: Mark is 3 years older than Jane. In 4 years, Mark will be 1.5 times as old as Jane. How old is Mark now?
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Question 155566: Mark is 3 years older than Jane. In 4 years, Mark will be 1.5 times as old as Jane. How old is Mark now?
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Question 156028: Jack is three times as old as Megan was two years ago. The sum of their ages three years ago was 16.
How old are Jack and Megan now?
Please show the work on how you approach the answer. Thank you!
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Question 156219: Danny is ten years older than his sister Fiona. Danny is also twice as old as his sister Tori. How old is Danny if the sum of their ages is 50?
can someone show me how to solve this problem?
i can't seem to get it
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Question 156378: An application of a rational function is T=(AB)/(A+B), which gives the time T, it takes for two workers to co mplete a particular task where A+B represents the time it would take for each individual worker to complete the identical task.
Estimate how long it takes you to complete a task of your choice ( house cleaning) , mowing, etc. in a given week. Suppose that Joe is slower than you at the given task and takes twice as long as you do if you work together, how long would it take you to complete the task?
Include the type of job, the time it takes you and Joe individually to complete the job and the calculations needed to show how long it woul take to complete the job if you worked together inclued units with your answer.
I have chosen House work, which takes me aprox. 2 hrs. on the other hand my mother who is handicapped, it takes her approx. 4-5 hrs to do the same type of work. Can you show me the application for this problem using the equation above?
Thank you.
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Question 157279: On Dave's birthday, his brother Harry is 17 years younger than 3 times his age. The boys'father, Tom, is 12 years older than Henry's age. If Dave is 7 years younger than his brother, how many candles are Dave's cake?
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Question 157569: The ages of Paul and Judy total 27 years
Judy's age plus twice Paul' age is 43
First translate the words into an algebra equation
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Question 157619: A MAN IS THREE TIMES AS OLD HIS SON. fOUR YEARS AGO HE WAS FOUR TIMES AS OLD HIS SON WAS AT THE TIME. HOW OLD IS THE SON.
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Question 157619: A MAN IS THREE TIMES AS OLD HIS SON. fOUR YEARS AGO HE WAS FOUR TIMES AS OLD HIS SON WAS AT THE TIME. HOW OLD IS THE SON.
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