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Question 929557: Carlos is seven years younger than one half Mike's age if Carlos is five years old how old is Mike?
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Question 929603: Please help. Carol and Tom are twins. Their sister sue is 3 times Tom's age. In 5 years sue age will be the sum of Carol and Tom's ages. How old is Sue?

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Question 929809: Can you help me with this one?
The value of a fraction whose numerator is eight less than its denomonator is 1/3
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Question 929806: Ali will be 6y years old in 6 years time.How old was Ali 4y years ago?
A.6y-6
B.10y-6
C.2y-6
D.2y+6

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Question 929806: Ali will be 6y years old in 6 years time.How old was Ali 4y years ago?
A.6y-6
B.10y-6
C.2y-6
D.2y+6

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Question 929834: Immediate help! Answer all with solutio
n and explanation.
1.When Ramon was 12 years old, his father was
40.How many years must past for Ramon to be 8 years
older than one-fourth as old as his father.
2.The sum of the ages of Bobby and Mercy is 60. Nine
yrs ago Bobby was twice as old as Mercy was then.Find
their present age.
3.Tom is 8 yrs old than Steve. Three yrs ago Steve was
2 yrs more than one-third as old as Tom was then.
How old is Tom now?
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Question 929840: Help! Pls answer all with solution and explanation.
Thankyou!
1.Edwin is twice as old as Ruel. In three years, Edwin will be 13 less
than twice as old as Jill. Find their present ages.
2. Olan is 3 years older than his sister Mary. One-third of Olan's age
is two years less than one-half his sister's ageone years ago.
Find their present ages.
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Question 929565: Ruby is younger than Janeth. The sum of their ages is 31. The difference between their ages is 3 years. How old is Ruby?
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Question 929568: ELi is younger than Lily. The sum of their ages is 31. The difference between their ages is 3 years. How old is ELi?
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Question 930001: A man is 25 years younger than his father. The sum of their ages is 53. How old is the son?
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Question 929930: Solve the problem. In one U.S. city, the quadratic function f(x)= 0.039x^2-0.48x+36.66 models the average age y, at which men were the first married x years after 1900. In which year was this average age at a minimum? (Round to the nearest year.) What was the average age that men were first married that year? (Round to the nearest tenth.)
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Question 930071: one brother is 5 years older than the other. the sum of thier ages is 27. what are thier ages?
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Question 930123: A father is twice as old as his son and the sum of their ages is 75. How old is the father?

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Question 930167: Jean is 7 years older than her brother bob and he is 3 years older than their sister Mary. If the sum of their ages is 43 how old is each? (You must set up equation and solve)
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Question 930180: A father has two sons whose age differ by 3 years. In 20 years time the sum of the son's ages will equal the father's age then. When the younger son was born, the father was nine times as old as his elder son. Find the present ages of the father and his two sons.
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Question 930199: Abigail is 6 years older than Jonathan. Six years ago she was twice as old as him. How old is each now?
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Question 930207: Emily is 28 years younger than Stephanie. Stephanie and Emily first met two years ago. Eighteen years ago, Stephanie was 5 times as old as Emily. How old is emily?

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Question 930235: What are all the answers of the the worksheet translate algebraic expressions

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Question 930375: Mario is 18 years older than Joshua. If the sum of their ages is 46, how old is each?
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Question 930315: In a family, a couple has a son and a daughter. The age of the father is four times that of his daughter, and the age of the son is half that of his mother. The wife is 8 years younger than her husband, and the brother is seven years older than his sister. What is the age of the mother?
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Question 930314: In a family, a couple has a son and a daughter. The age of the father is four times that of his daughter, and the age of the son is half of that of his mother. The wife is 8 years younger than her husband, and the brother is seven years older than his sister. What is the age of the mother?
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Question 930564: When the number 15 is added to twice. A certain number the result is 27.find this number
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Question 930616: amys age x years ago if she is 14 years old now
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Question 930555: Aslam's age is half of his father's age, but 15 years ago his age was just 1/3 of his father's age. Find out his present age
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Question 930618: alex is now 3 times as old as his sister mary. in 2 years alex will be 3 times mary's age then. how old was alex 4 years ago?
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Question 930807: Can you please give me the solution about this kind of problem:
Jeff is 10 years old and his brother is 2 years old. In how many years will Jeff be twice as old as his brother?
i need the full solution on how to get he answer to this. Thanks! :)
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Question 930832: Uniform motion problem.....please help me solve this too..................... *An airplane leaves Davao International airport bound for Manila at 9:50 am,cruising at 480 kph.A second airplane leaves Davao for the same destination at 10:05 am,cruising 600 kph.How long will it take and in what time the second airplane to arrive in Manila with the same arrival of the first airplane?(the same arrival means they traveled the same distance)
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Question 930825: Help me again please!..another mixture problem....Thank you very much *How much decaffeinated coffee(assume to be 0% caffeine)and 40% caffeine coffee should be mixed to produce 20 mugs of 30% caffeine coffee?

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Question 930829: Mixture problem!..please help me solve is one!.....*How many kilograms of pure malagkit rice is to be added to 10 kilograms of an ordinary rice(no malagkit content)to produced a 6% mixture of malagkit rice?
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Question 930824: hi..pls.help me on my home work on mixture problem!......*How many gallons of water is added to 10 gallons of a 40% salt solution to make it a 15% salt solution?
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Question 930960: Adrian is planning to bake some chocolate, strawberry, and raisin muffins for a party. she was asked to bake half as many chocolate muffins as raisin muffins, and three times as many strawberry muffins as chocolate muffins. if she only had enough ingredients to bake 480 muffins, how many raisin muffins did she bake?
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Question 930984: Andrew's grandfather's age is eight times Andrew's age. If Andrew's grandfather was 56 years old when Andrew was born, how many years old is Andrew now?
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Question 931190: Four years ago a man was three times as old as his son.Five years hence,the man will be two times as old ashis son.Find their present ages.
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Question 931197: the sum of ages of a man,his wife and his son is 85 years. the man is 5 years less than the sum of the ages of his wife and son. before his son was born the man was 6/5 as old as his wife. find the age of the wife
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Question 931198: Immeadiate help pls!! Answer all with solutions and
explanations using one variable which is X only.Thanks!
1. Dave is four times as old as Rob. Five years ago, Rob
was 30 years younger than Dave. Find their present
ages.
2.Tom is 8 years older than Alex. 3 years ago, Alex was
2 years more than one-third as Tom was then.How old is tom.
3.John is twice as old as his wife Mary. Five years
ago,John was 10 years younger than 3 times Mary's
age. How old is Mary now?
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Question 931209: A man is 35 years old and his son 7 years now. In how many years will the son be half as old as his father?

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Question 931466: if george is older than frank
james is older than george
frank is younger than james true or false
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Question 931639: A women's age is three years more than twice her sons age. The sum of their ages is 84. How old is the son?
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Question 931668: Manuel is 8 years older than his sister. 3 years ago he was 3 times older than his sister. How old are they now
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Question 931784: A mother is 25 years older than her son. In 10 years she will be twice as old as her son. How old are the mother and son?
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Question 931883: The sum of Beth and Ashley's ages is 84. John's age is 12. The sum of all three ages is 120. Find their ages.
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Question 931868: Todd is 7 years older than Kayla. In 7 years the sum of their ages will be 55. How old is Todd now?

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Question 932074: Mike will be 20yrs old in 3yrs, His sister will be 5yrs older in 2yrs. How old is Mike�s sister now
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Question 932019: The girl is half the mothers age and the mother is five years less than the father. All their ages altogether is 100. What is the age of each, please show all your working.
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