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Question 937327: Today, Reina's mother is 3 times as old as Reina. Reina was born when her mom was 22. how old is Reina and her mom today.
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Question 937579: Michael is 17 years older than John. In 4 years, the sum of their ages will be 49. Write an equation that can used to find Michael's present age.
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Question 937665: Jen is three times as old as her son. Ten years from now, she will be twice as
old as her son will be then. How old is Jen�s son now?
I know J=s3
And I want to say J+10=2s+10, but that doesnt work.
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Question 937673: Please help me solve this word problem.
Kiera is b years old.
How old was she three years ago and how old will she be in four years time.
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Question 937699: amy is 3 years older than kevin. the sum of their ages is 39. how old is kevin?

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Question 937699: amy is 3 years older than kevin. the sum of their ages is 39. how old is kevin?

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Question 937702: Please solve this question.
Lucy is k years old
How old was she three years ago
How old will she be in four years time
Find her age if half of what she was three year ago is equal to one third of what she will be in four year time
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Question 937774: A woman's age is five times her sons age. if the sum of their ages is 42. form an equation and find their ages
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Question 937774: A woman's age is five times her sons age. if the sum of their ages is 42. form an equation and find their ages
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Question 937840: walid is four times as old as sami, five years ago,walid was 7 times old as sami. how old is walid snd how old is sami ?
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Question 937805: Hari is twice as old as his son. 20 year ago he was 4 times as old as his son. Find the present age of each?
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Question 937813: ed is twice as old as dave
fran is 13 years younger than ed
Fran is 5 years older than dave
Question : form an equation in x (taking Dave's age to be x) and solve the equation to find Dave's age
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Question 937845: an iron rod 1 meter long is to be cut into two parts so that 1/2 of one is equal to 1/3 of the other
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Question 937880: Gabrielle is 9 years older than Mikhail. The sum of their ages is 77. What is Mikhail's age?
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Question 937842: a man's age is triple the age of his son. in eleven years the man's age would be the double of his son's age then. what are the present ages of the man and the son?
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Question 938061: Hi! Please help me solve this age related problem: When the father was 36 years old, his son was 8 years old. If the father is now 3 times as old as his son, how old is the son? The only thing I do is the listing method, but do you have any faster strategies for this? Thanks a lot!
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Question 938099: Jimmy is 3 years older than his brother Bill. The sum of 3 times Jimmy's age and twice Bill's age is equal to their fathers age. If their father is 44 years old, how old is Jimmy?
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Question 938161: Ben is 11 years old. His dad is 37 years older than him. How old is bens dad

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Question 938181: When I was 10 my sister was half my age. Now that I am 40 how old is my sister?
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Question 938059: Marianne is 4 years older than Anna and 2 years older than Khate. 4 years ago, thrice Marianne's age devided by Anna's age was # years less than Khate's age. Find their present ages?
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Question 938366: An old man married a young woman. There combined age is 100. The man's age multiplied by 4 and divided by 9 equals the woman's age. What are their respective ages?
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Question 938358: The ages of three men are in the ratio 3:4:5. If the difference between the ages of the oldest and youngest is 18 years, find the sum of the ages of the three men
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Question 938339: If you reverse the two digits of the age Roger reached yesterday, multiply by three and add six, you'll have Roger's age . How old is Roger?
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Question 938377: select tow prime numbers that are greater than 50 but less than 100
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Question 938576: My sister is 14 years old.My brother says that his age minus twelve is equal to my sisters age how old is my brother
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Question 938625: in four years a mother will be 5 times as old as her daughter. at present, the mother is 9 times as old as her daughter. how old are the mother and daughter today?
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Question 938605: Please help, so my shape is a square and one dimension is 400 making the rest 400. What are my dimensions if I reduce the shape by 1/4?
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Question 938655: the sum of ana's age and the ruel age is 30. nine years ago ana was twice as old as ruel then, how old is ruel
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Question 938683: Use the point -slope form to write an equation of the line with the given slope and point. Leave the equation in that form
slope = 5/8, passes through (-7,-5)
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Question 938715: Sam is 12 years older than Tom. The sum of their ages is 27. How old is each person?
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Question 938717: I bought pizza and pop for 3 friends. If I spent $ 30 and had to pay a 15% tip, what was the tip?
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Question 938722: A gal went to school & the
teacher asked how old are u? She replied I don't
know, bt I know that I'm half my mother's age. The
teacher asked ok how old is yor mother? She said I
don't know bt I know that my Dad is 5 yrs older
than my mother. Teacher, how old is yor dad? She said I don't know bt I know that if we add our ages
the answer is 100 yrs. Nw how old is the gal, her
mum & her dad?
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Question 938726: Jennifer is twice her cousin Audrey's age.the sum Jennifes age and audreys age is 66 how old is Jennifer
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Question 938740: Elijan and his Sister went to the movies.They had $34 altogether and spent $9.50 per. Ticket.Elijah and his Sister bought the same snacks. Write and solve an inequality for the amount that each person spent on snacks. Interpret the solution
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Question 938774: Tom is 6 times as old as todd. In 5 years Tom's age will be 31 years more than 2 times as old as todd. How old is Tom?
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Question 938882: Mrs Matthews is 24 and her daughter nina is 6. How old will nina be when she is half as old as her mother?
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Question 939038: A father is twice as old as his son. Ten years ago, the father was three times as old as his son. What are the present age of the father and son?

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Question 939041: if 7 apples and 2 oranges costs 114 while 6 apples and 4 oranges cost 132, how much does one apple and one orange cost?
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Question 939041: if 7 apples and 2 oranges costs 114 while 6 apples and 4 oranges cost 132, how much does one apple and one orange cost?
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Question 939052: Jack was 0.3 of his father's age this year. If he is 12 this year, how old was the father when Jack was born?

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Question 939073: Zelma is 21 years older than her son. Two years ago she was four times his age. How
Old is Zelma and her son?
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Question 939078: Kevin is 28 years old and Gabriela is 4 years old.
How many years will it take until Kevin is only 3 times as old as Gabriela?

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Question 939157: Lisa is using the equation x2 + (x � 5)2 = 157 to find two numbers that differ by 5 and that have squares that sum to 157. When Lisa solves the problem using the zero product property, what do the two solutions represent?
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