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Question 921241: Paul's age is 11 years divided by his age 11 years ago is equal to the fraction 16/5. Find the fraction.
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Question 921378: a man's niece asks how old is he he says he's 4 times older then her, but a year a go he was 5 times older then her how old is the man?

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Question 921378: a man's niece asks how old is he he says he's 4 times older then her, but a year a go he was 5 times older then her how old is the man?

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Question 921595: I need to find out how old someone will be when they are 3 times older than someone else for example my mom who is 70 and my niece who is 10 , when will mom be 3 times older than my niece.?
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Question 921558: Three numbers are in ratio of 4:7:9. If the larger number is multiplied by four, the result is 50 more
than the sum of the first and second numbers. Find the three numbers.
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Question 921677: PLEASE HELP ME SOLVE THIS AGE WORD PROBLEM "A year ago, John was three times as old as Larry. A year later, he was twice as old as Larry. How old are John and Larry?'
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Question 921649: john is twice jane�s age. in 2 year�s time, john will be twice as old as jill and she will be twice as old as jane�s age 2 years ago. how old are john, jill and jane?
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Question 921808: Pat is 2 years younger than his wife, Wynn. Ten years ago the sum of their ages was 48 How old are they now? I know I need to assign a variable I believe that would be for wynn Pat being 2 yrs younger is throwing me off.
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Question 921962: shirin's father is four times as old as she is. In 18 years he will be exactly twice as old as she. Finf ther present age.
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Question 922007: if maria is 1/3rd of her mother suma now and was 1/4th the age of her mother 5 years ago,the how old her mother suma be 5 years from now??
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Question 922105: samantha has an older brother right now he is twice her age but 8 years ago her brother was 3 times her age how old is each person now

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Question 922117: Kenny bought 13 bags of red potatoes and 12 bags of white potatoes. Each bag of potatoes weighed 13 kilograms. How many kilograms of potatoes did Kenny buy in all?

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Question 922290: If Sally walked 1⁄2 mile in 1⁄4 hour, how fast, in miles per hour, was she walking?
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Question 922361: The sum of the ages of dorothy and dorilyn is 41. In 5 years dorothy will be twice as old as dorilyn. Find their ages 3 years ago
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Question 922336: Please help me solve this problem: the sum of the ages of dorothy and dorilyn is 41. In 5 years, dorothy will be twice as old as dorilyn. Find thier ages 3 years ago. Thank you for helping!! :)
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Question 922379: he is currently 1/3 of his mother's age. In 9 years he will be 2/3 of his mothers age. What is his current age
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Question 922330: Please can you help me with this problem: The sum of the ages of dorothy and dorilyn is 41. In 5 years, dorothy will be twice as old as dorilyn. Find thier ages 3 years ago.

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Question 922420: In 16 years time jim will be 3 times of his current age How old Jim will be in 4 years time?
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Question 922718: Ritu is 8 years younger than tanya. If Tanya is x years old, express ritu's age in term of x.
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Question 922761: In 8 years Graxie will be 6 times as old as she was 12 years ago. How old is is Gracie now? How old will she be in 8 years? How old was Geacie 12 years ago? 16, 24 and 4. But what is the equation?
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Question 922752: Joe is X years old, how old will he be
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5years time
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Question 923075: Mary is n years old. If John is twice as old, what is his age now? What was his age 4 years ago?
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Question 923117: alice is between 20 and 40 years old. last year, her age was a multiple of 4. this year, her age is a multiple of 5. how old is alice?
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Question 923118: The average of Kevin, Joe and Nick is 19. If you remove Kevin, who is the oldest, the average age of Joe and Nick is 17. How old is Kevin?
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Question 923124: The average age of Kevin, Joe and nick is 19. if you remove Kevin, who is the oldest, the average age of Joe and nick is 17. How old is Kevin?
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Question 923127: In an aquarium there are 2061 fish(guppies and mollies). A third of the fish are guppies and ninth of the fish are female mollies. How many of the mollies are males?
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Question 923350: marty and melinda went out to lunch. their bill total 19. marty lunch cost 3 more than melindas. how much was melinda lunch
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Question 923038: alex is x years old. June is 7 years older than alex. In 5 years, their total combined age will be 31 years
Write a linear equation for their total combined age in 5 years
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Question 921866: If a horse and a boy have a combined age of 49 and the horse is twice as old as the boy was when the horse was as old as the boy is now, then how old is the boy?

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Question 923452: Martina is currently 14 years older than her cousin Joey. In 5 years she will be 3 times as old as Joey. If you let X represent Joey's current age, what expression can you use to represent Martina's current age?
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Question 923624: Michael is 5 times as old as Omar. Four years ago, Michael was 7 times as old as Omar.
How old is Michael now?
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Question 923554: Stephen is 22 years older than Naomi. In 2 years, the sum of their ages will be 76. How old are they now?
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Question 923594: Eight years ago there were 5 members in
arthur's family and then average age of family
was 36. Meanwhile arthur got married and gave
birth to child. Still average age remains
constant. what was the age of his wife at the
time of his child's birth If the difference
between age of her child and herself is 26
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Question 923538: Age difference between father and son is 35 years and 4 month and together their age is 75 years then what will be the age of father and son.

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Question 923583: n a certain county, the number of charter schools is 6 less than twice the number of alternative schools. We know that there are 52 charter schools in the county. How many alternative schools are in the county?

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Question 923817: A father's age is four times that of his son. After 5 years, it will be three times that of his son. How many more years will take if father's age is to be twice that of his son?
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Question 923830: A man is 2 years less than 5 times the age of his daughter. The man is 43 years old.
If the daughter's age is X years write an equation to represent the information.
Solve the equation to find the daughter's age.
(2) A woman is 4 times as old as her son age. The woman is 36 years old
Write an equation to represent the information.
Solve the equation to find her son age.
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Question 923845: The average age of our family of four is 35.excluding me the average age is 40. Find my age
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Question 923845: The average age of our family of four is 35.excluding me the average age is 40. Find my age
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Question 923870: Bob is 4 times greater than Susan. Dakota is 3 years younger then Susane. The sum of bob, Susan, and Dakota ages is 93. What is Susanes age
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Question 923798: The sectorial allocation of a country�s budget in 2009 is given in the table below
Sectors Amount (in million) $
Mining 140
Manufacturing 260
Education 300
Transport 200
Health 250
Calculate in degrees, the allocation made to each sector involved

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Question 923548: Hello.A problem for which solution is required
a)Find the curved surface area of a closed cylinder petrol storage tank that is 4.2m in diameter and 4.5m in height.
b)How much steel was used if 1/12 (one twelfth) of the steel was wasted in making the tank.
Thanks and regards.

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Question 923975: Peter is 7 years old and Mary is 3 years old. In how many years will the product of their ages be 96?
I need a quadratic equation to solve this question
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