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Question 932051: Aslam's age is half of his father's age but 15 years ago his age was just 1/3rd of father's age. find his present age now.
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Question 932144: I am 5 years older than my pet cat who's now 10. When will I be twice as old as the cat?
I have to solve using one variable. It's easy to see the answer would be 5 years ago, when I was 10 and my cat was 5; but I have to solve using algebra.
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Question 932140: Jo Ann is 12 years older than her sister. In 4 years, the sum of their ages
will be 32. How old are they now?

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Question 932073: If Gary is 6 years old today, and in ten years he will be twice as old as Bob is today, how old are they now?
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Question 932395: Nick is one-forth his grandfather's age. Five years ago, he was one-fifth his grandfather's age.

How old are Nick and his Grandfather now?
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Question 932618: We asked how old is he, a boy replied" I am twice older than I was 5 years ago" How old is he now?
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Question 932560: Max's age is 2 more than his fathers age divided by 4. Max is 13 years old. How old is his Dad?
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Question 932689: If X=bills age, how would you write twice his age last year?
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Question 932725: An OFW working in Saudi Arabia earns Php 200,000 a month. He spends 6% of his income for food, 8% for clothes, medicines,and other miscellaneous expenses. He also spends 16% for tuition fees of his children, 20% for food and 30% allotment for his family in the Philippines. How much does he save for a month?
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Question 932736: A man distributed Php 1,500,000 among his three children to start a business of their own. The eldest received PHp 100,000 less than the sum of the shares of the other two, while the second child received Php 200,000 more than the share of the youngest child. How much did each receive?
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Question 932799: micheal is 17 years older than john. In 4 years the sum of their ages will be 49. find micheals present age.
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Question 932896: twelve years hence a man will be four time as he was twelve years ago then present age
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Question 932889: In another 3 years Tommy will be 3 times as old as he was 3 years ago. How old is he now?
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Question 932886: one year ago,the age of Anuj's and Brijesh's age was 5:6 respectively.Four years hence ,this ratio would become 6:7 .How old s Brijesh?
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Question 932885: When I was born, my father was 41 years old. Eight years ago he was three times as old as I will be in 5 years. How old am I?
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Question 932839: Sharon is 38 years old.
The sum of the ages of Sharon and Peter is 65.
How old is Peter?
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Question 933061: Two years ago, a woman was 7 times as old as her daughter but in three years, she will be four times as old as the girl. How old is the lady now?
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Question 933301: Ten years from now, Orlando will be three times older than he is today. What is his current age?
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Question 933393: Kendall is 9 years old. She is 2/3 her aunt's age minus 11 years. Use A to find her aunts age.
I think the aunts age is 30, but can't figure out how to actually write out the equation. I thought it would be 9 x 2/3 - 11. Or is it (9 +11) x 2/3. This is 6th grade extra credit. Just can't reason through it...
Thank you.
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Question 933304: Anna age is five year more than twice of her brother .now anna is 9 year old then brother his brother age
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Question 933495: 1. Andy, Randy, and Sandy Jones are brothers. Andy, the oldest, is the only brother whose age is an even number. Randy is the youngest. The boys' age range is 7 years. Their mean is 12, yet no one is that age. Find the age of each brother.
2. In three years, Dylan will be twice as old as he was last year. How old is Dylan today?
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Question 933603: John is 5 years more than three times the age of Jane. If the sum of their ages is 25, how old are John and Jane?
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Question 933664: if the sum is 60 and there are two sisters and one is 16 years older than the other what is the age of each sister?
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Question 933694: Juan's father was 29 years old when Juan was born. This yea, the sum of their ages is 53. Find their ages?
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Question 933783: Molly is 20 years older than Sal. in three years Molly will be twice as old as Sal how old are they now
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Question 933797: Kristine is 4 years younger than Mario. Three years from now she will be two-thirds as old as Mario. Find their present age.
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Question 933832: patty is 6 years old that marice. in 4 years, she will be twice as old as marice was 5 years ago. Find thier ages now
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Question 933826: Cheryl is three years more than three times as old as Ben. In 20 years the sum of their ages will be 87. How old is Ben now?

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Question 933800: three siblings are 3 different ages the oldest is twice the age of the middle sibling and the middle is 8 years older than one half the age of the youngest.
if the youngest sibling is 4 how old are the other 2 siblings
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Question 933770: a parking lot meter contains 47 coins in dimes and quarters for a total of 5.45 . how many of each coin does the meter contain.
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Question 933770: a parking lot meter contains 47 coins in dimes and quarters for a total of 5.45 . how many of each coin does the meter contain.
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Question 933967: Noel's age in 8 years will be 3 times as old as it was 2 years ago. How old is Noel now?
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Question 933967: Noel's age in 8 years will be 3 times as old as it was 2 years ago. How old is Noel now?
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Question 934106: In 5 years� time Pam will be twice as old as Sam was two years ago. Pam is 8 years older than Sam. How old is Sam?

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Question 934125: a child is born to mr x every year for 7 consecutive years.the youngest is one year old,the youngest is 8 years old.
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Question 934197: Mr. Jackson is 13 years less than 3 times as old as his son. Six years ago, he was 14 more than twice as old as his son then. Find each of their ages.

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Question 934324: The problem says :
16 years from now , Gina's age will be twice her age 12 years ago. Find her present age.
12+16 is 28 ? but i would like the algebraic expression ,
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Question 934397: A father is 24 years older than his son. In 7 years, the son's age will be 2/5 that of his father. What are their present ages?
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Question 934481: the present age of father and son is 70 after 10 years the fathers age will be double of sons age how much is the present age of son
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Question 934455: Micheal is 52 years old today, making him 25 years older than Brain. Peter was 5 years younger than Brain and 10 years older than Jane five years ago. How old will jane me after 5 years from now?
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Question 934610: Steve is 5 years older than Angie. Three years ago, Steve was 6 times older than Angie. How old are they now?
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Question 934598: solve: Tim is K years old and Jennifer is 4 years younger than Tim. find their average age in 3K year's time, in terms of K.
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Question 934643: : Mr. Jones is 28 yrs older than his son, in 11 yrs he will be 3 times as old as his son. How old are they now?
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Question 934694: John's age plus George's age equals 32. John is three times as old as George.
This can be represented by the equation 3b+b=32 .

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