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Question 909376: Five years ago, Sam was four times as old as John, and in five years he will
be twice as old as John. Find the present ages of each.

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Question 909372: The daughter's age is 5years and the mother is 32 years old. After x years, the mother's age will be four times that of her daughter. find the value of x.
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Question 909624: Roger's age is two times the age of his sister. Last year his age was three times the age of his sister. How old is roger?

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Question 909844: Michael�s and Nishila�s age add up to 25 years. 8 years ago Michael was twice as old as Nisjila. How old are they now ?

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Question 909844: Michael�s and Nishila�s age add up to 25 years. 8 years ago Michael was twice as old as Nisjila. How old are they now ?

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Question 909930: Bens age is 6 years more than twice kims age. the sum of their ages is 24 years find each age?
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Question 910106: Six years ago, Mike was 25% younger than he is now. how old is Mike?
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Question 910106: Six years ago, Mike was 25% younger than he is now. how old is Mike?
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Question 910126: Bill is 16 years older than beth in ten years bill will be twice as old as beth
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Question 910298: Sarah is nine years older than her sister Tara ,who is seven.What is their average age.thanks
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Question 910298: Sarah is nine years older than her sister Tara ,who is seven.What is their average age.thanks
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Question 910384: Charlene is four times as old as her nephew. In 16 years, Charlene will be twice his age. How old is Charlene's nephew?
Charlene- C ; nephew- N
C=4N
2/(c+16) = n+16
I am really lost. Please help me.
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Question 910403: Collin is 66 years older than Christy. In 8 years he will be 3 times her age. How old is each now
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Question 910403: Collin is 66 years older than Christy. In 8 years he will be 3 times her age. How old is each now
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Question 910432: Jim is 7 years older than Myra. Next year he will be twice as old as Myra will be. How old is Jim now.
Please help me solve i tried but couldnt do it.
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Question 910450: a woman is now 6 times as old as her son. in 6 years, the mother will be 3 times as old as her son will be then. Find their present ages.
Please provide the 'let' statements, thank you.
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Question 910263: My family consists of father, mother and a sister. My father is 2 years older than my mother. My sister's age is 3 less than 1/2 the age of my mother. The sum of 1/3 of my father's age and 1 more than the half the age of my sister is my age. If the total of all our ages is now 141, how old am I?
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Question 910577: Find the sum of 112 times your 5 answers.
my five answers: 3,3,3,2,4
what I have so far: 112(3)+112(3)+112(3)+112(2)+112(4), but it is not working, so did I set up the problem correctly, and what would be the answer.
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Question 910585: Victor is half as old as Maria. The sum of their ages is 54. How old is each person?
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Question 910624: 10(abc) squared = 1440
solve for a
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Question 910659: Mary's grandmother is 2 times as old as Mary's mom. Twenty years ago the ratio of their ages was 3:1. How old is Mary's grandmother now?
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Question 910686: Zachary has more potatoes than Jane has, If Jane has 31 potatoes, and Cynthia has 10 fewer potatoes than Zachary then Cynthia has at lease how many potatoes ?
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Question 910773: y years ago a man was y years old. his son is y years younger than his father.
a) How old is the son at present?
b) how old was the son 3years ago?
c) if at that time the son was 22years old, find the value of y.
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Question 910818: if x and y are two numbers,x being less than y, write down the expressions for:
a) the square of their difference.
b) the difference of their square.
c) twice the square of their sum.
d) twice the sum of their squares.
e) their differences divided by their product.
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Question 911077: Cary is 6 years older than Dan. In 6 years the sum of their ages will be 94. Find the age of each man now.
Now In 6 Years
Cary x+6
Dan x x+6

Cary is years old while Dan is years old.

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Question 911106: The ages of three brothers combined is 83 years. The oldest brother is twice the age of the middle and the middle brother is 5 years older than the youngest.
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Question 911177: Adman�s father is 49 years old. He is 5 years
older than four times Adman�s age. What is
Adman�s age?
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Question 911275: PLEASE HELP ME PLEASE,
twice the first of three consecutive integers minus the third equals 36. find the three integers
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Question 911278: Twice the first of three consecutive even integers minus the third equals 36. Find the three integers.
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Question 911369: Sarah is 11 years younger than Adam. In two years, Sarah will be half as old as Adam. How old is Sarah?
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Question 911303: PLEASE HELP ME PLEASE.
Trical is ten times older than his son, Algeom. In 20 years, Trical's age will be 4 more than twice Algeom's age. How old was he when Algeom was born?
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Question 911501: At present, Pedro's age is 25 percent (or 1/4) of his father's age. Twenty years from now Pedro's age will be 50% of his father. How old are they?
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Question 911559: The value of y is half the value of x.If half the value of x is added to half the value of y, the sum is one-half. What is the value of y?
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Question 911540: My brother is 6
years older than me.Our age
combined is half my
grandfather's age...how old am
I?
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Question 750687: At present, Gilbert's age is 30% of his father's age. Thirty years from now, Gilbert's age will be 60% of his father's age. How old is Gilbert now?
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Question 911641: Mark and Kelly have the same birthday. Mark is twice as old as Kelly was when Mark was as old as Kelly is now. If Mark is 24 years old now, how old is Kelly?
How do I solve this question? I know the answer is 18, but what is the formula to get that number?
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Question 911645: I'm getting dressed in the dark, and I have 5 pairs of white socks and 5 pairs of black socks, but they're all mixed up in my sock drawer. How many socks will I need to blindly pull out of ensure that I get two pairs of white socks?
How do I solve this problem? I know the answer is 14, but how do I get that number?
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Question 911558: Mary's aunt is twice as old as Mary. In twenty years her age will be two years more than three times Mary's present age. What is the aunts present age?
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Question 911768: 1. a man is 28 years old when his son is born. How many years later will the sons age be half that of the father?

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Question 911841: The sum of my father and mother's age is 72. My father will be 6 years older than my mother in five years' time. How old are they now?
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Question 912061: the sum of ages of father and his son is 75 years.if the age of the son is 25.find the age of father
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Question 912057: In 4 years time Clare will be twice the age she was 10 years ago. Use an algebraic approach to determine Clare's age.
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Question 912115: If the father is five years older than the mother and the child is half the mother's age and all in all they add up to a 100..how old is each of them..?
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Question 912159: If f(x)=2x^2+3x-4 than f(3-x) can be written in the form ax^2+bx+c where a,b,c are integers. Find a+b+c.
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Question 912008: Gary is 5 years older than harry. Twenty ninw yrs ago gary was twice as old as harry. Hiw old are they now?
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