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Question 880722: 30 coinsˏ $2.50, how many dimes and nickels
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Question 880766: the combined ages of two people is 75 years. in 15 years time one person's age will be twice the other person's present age. find their present age?
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Question 880803: g. Penny�s age is one third her father�s age and in 13 years time her age will be half of her father�s age. How old is Penny now?
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Question 880809: Tom and Tim ages add up to 21 years. In 3 years Tom will be twice tim's age. How old are they now?

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Question 880960: In June 2000, a sixth grade class planted a tree in the schoolyard. The tree grew about 3 inches a year. If the tree was 38 inches high in June 2005, about how high was the tree when it was planted?
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Question 880963: Joe made a frozen yogurt shake with 10 ounces of milk and some strawberry frozen yogurt. He used the mixture to fill three 5-ounce glasses and had 2 ounces left over. How much frozen yogurt did he use?
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Question 880965: The debate club members sold raffle tickets to raise money for T-shirts. They sold 3 times as many raffle tickets on the weekend as they did during the week. On the weekend, they sold 246 tickets. How many raffle tickets did they sell during the week?
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Question 880959: Jenny is training for a race. On Day 1, she ran5 miles, which was 1/3 the distance she ran on Day 3, and 1/2 the distance she ran on Day 2. How many miles did she run over the 3-day period?
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Question 881062: A boy's age is now three-sevenths of what he will be four years from now? How old is he now?
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Question 881039: a father is twice as old as his son. 12 years ago the father was 4 times as old as the son was then.
Determine their present age.

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Question 881112: Sarah is Y years old if you multiply her age by 6 then subtract 2 the answer is 88 what age is sarah ?
6y-2 = 88
add 2 two both sides
6y +(-2+2) = 88+2
6y =90
divide 6 on both sides
6y/6 = 90/6
y = 15
therefore Sarah age is 15

Please could you leave the working really stuck
Thanks
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Question 881131: A man is 20 years older than his son,the sum of their ages are 50. How old are they?
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Question 881143: 140 children were watching a magic show. the number of boys were 20 more than twice the number of girls watching the show. how many girls were there?
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Question 881202: Julie has three children whose ages are consecutive odd integers.
If x represents the youngest child�s age, which expression represents
the sum of her children�s ages?
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Question 881210: A father is four times as old as his daughter. Five years ago, he was seven times as old as his daughter. Find the present ages of the father and the daughter
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Question 881316: When I was 10 my sister was half my age, now I'm 20. How old is my sister?
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Question 881397: Mrs. Jones has three children. The youngest two children are twins. Find the ages of each of the three children if the difference between the oldest and youngest is three years and the sum of the ages of all children is 30.
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Question 881431: 10 year ago the age of A was half as old as B.if the ratio of there present age is 3:4,then the sum of there present age is?

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Question 881683: Julio has four children whose ages are consecutive odd integers. If x represents the youngest child's age, what is the sum of his children ages
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Question 881578: It is given that half the sum of the ages of a father and his son equals the difference between their ages. In 15 years' time, the father will be twice as old as his son. Given that the father is x years old and his son is y years old.
(a) Form two equations connecting x and y.
(b) Solve these two simultaneous equations in (a) and find the ages of the father and that of the son.
My Workings:
(a) 1/2(x+y)=x-y
y+15=2(x+15)
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Question 881779: Derek is four times as old as Sarah. Three years ago the sum of their ages was 44. How old is each now?
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Question 881779: Derek is four times as old as Sarah. Three years ago the sum of their ages was 44. How old is each now?
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Question 881803: kate's father is 50 years old. kate is 24 years old now. how many years ago was kate's father three times as old as her.

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Question 881789: The decay of 457mg of an isotope is given by A(t)=457e^-0.019t, where t is time in years. Find the amount left after 78 years.
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Question 881802: kate's father is 50 years old. kate is 24 years old now. how many years ago was kate's father three times as old as her.

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Question 881835: james is 10 years older than his friend Ali, ten years ago he was two times as old as his friend, find their present age
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Question 881997: Julie is 1/3 as old as her father and in 10 years she will be twice as now. What is her fathers age now
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Question 882170: Farhan's brother is three times as old as him. in 12 years' time, the sum of their ages will be equal to 10 times farhan's present ages. find their present ages.
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Question 882211: When talking about her son, a young lady declares: Between us, we are 26 years old and I'm only 20 years older than him. how old is her son.
I answered 6 but was told is incorrect. Can you help?
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Question 882190: A man is 20 years older than his son.if the sum of their ages is 50 years,how old are they?
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Question 882348: i tried multiplying and adding but i don't think i did it right here is my question: the ratio of the ages of 3 children is 1: 3 : 5. the oldest child is 12 years older than the youngest child. how old is the middle child.
thank you for the help!
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Question 882382: A man was 26 years old when his son was born. Now,he is three times as old as his son.How old is the son now?
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Question 882386: The sum of present age of two brothers 36 years. After four years their age will be 5:6. The age of the older brother ?
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Question 882463: a father age is four times as old as his daughter now.if the father was 46 years old two years ago.find the age of daughter
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Question 882608: a woman is 6 years older than 3 times her daughter's age. Their ages total 46. What are their ages?

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Question 882683: vijay is older than his sister seema by 12 years. four years ago, vijay was four times as his sister. find their present ages

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Question 882679: a son is 1/4 of his fathers age the difference in their ages is 30 years what is the fathers age?
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Question 882673: vijay is older than his sister seema by 12 years. four years ago, vijay was four times as his sister. find their present ages
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Question 882701: the sum of ages of clayman and ato is 25years. in five years time, the age of ato will be twice the age of clayman now. fine the ages of ato and clayman.
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Question 883067: sum of childrens ages are 11. Product of ages is 24. What are the numbers?
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Question 883034: ms.boy's age pus twice arun's age is 85. the difference of a square is 2800. what are the ages?
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Question 883192: Twice Jack's age plus 5 is 21. Write and solve an equation. How old is Jack?

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Question 883346: The tax on a purchase was $9.33. If the sales tax rate is 6%, how much was the purchase? Write and solve an equation.
Equation:

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Question 883370: Ali mother is 40 years old than ali after 6 years what will be the age of ali
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