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Question 939154: The English mathematician Augustus de Morgan who died in 1871,claimed that he became x years old in th year x2.When was he born?
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Question 939343: Sam and pam's ages are consecutive integers. Three years ago the sum of there age was 15. How old are they now, with sam being older?
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Question 939249: Juan is 5 years older than his sister juanita. How old is each if the product of their age is twice the square of juanitas age?
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Question 939385: Mia was 12 years older than Max. 5 years ago their sum was 28. How old are they now?
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Question 939388: Mia is 12 years older than Max. 5 years ago their sum was 28. How old are they now?
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Question 939393: stefan is 14 years old. his mother is 38. how many years ago was the mother exactly 5 times as old as stefan?

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Question 939423: A is half as old as b and b is half as old as c.the sum of
their ages is 105 years calculate the ages of a,b,c?
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Question 939492: Jack is twice as old as jill the sum og their ages is 27 how old are they

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Question 939449: 10 years from now the sum of the ages of A and B is equal to 50. 6 years ago, the difference of their ages is equal to 6.how old A and B?
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Question 939639: Brad is nine more than two times as old as Ben. In 15 years the sum of their ages wil be 111. How old is Ben now?
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Question 939595: There are two families (The Anderson family and the Billings family) that both consist of a Husband, Wife, Son, and Daughter. In both cases, the families ages add up to 100 years. Also in both cases, the squared ages of the wife, son and daughter add together to equal the squared age of the father. The only difference is that in the Anderson family, the daughter is one year younger than the son, and in the Billings family the daughter is two years younger than the son.
How old are all the members of both families?
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Question 939750: Five years ago, a man was (m+4) years and the son was (m-16) years. (a) how old was the man and his son 10 years ago (b) find the sum of their age in 3 years time.
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Question 939861: Ben is four years older than josh.
the product of their ages is 437.
how old are they both?

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Question 939906: A Girl age is 1 year. Boy age is twice its sister. What will be girl's age when boy is 100 years
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Question 939971: 1/6 of the balls in a box are red, 5/12 of them are blue and 2/5 of the remainder is black. If there are 10 black balls, how many more blue balls are there than red ones?

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Question 939990: today, a father is 10 years older than twice his son's age. five years a go, the product of their ages was 350. how old is his son now today, a father is 10 years older than twice his son's age. five years a go, the product of their ages was 350. how old is his son now

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Question 939879: Bill is ten years older than his sister. If bill was twenty-five years of age in 1983; in what year could he have been born?
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Question 940008: Pete is 5 years older then Mary. 5 Years ago Pete was twice as old as Mary. What are their ages now?
I think the answer is 15 and 10, but I don't know how I would write the equation I would use to get there.
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Question 940009: Sarah's father is four times as old as mary. Five years ago he was seven times as old. How old is Mary and her father?
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Question 940105: The sum of Millie's and Marty's ages is 65.
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Question 940109: How many tenths in four fifths?
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Question 940073: Please could you help me solve the following two problems:
Q1) In 1921 Grandpa was twice as old as Tom was in 2000. In 1930 Grandpa was three times as old as Tom was in 2000. How old was Grandpa in 2000?
Q2) In 1936 Grandma was twice as old as Sally was in 1999. In 1994 Grandma was three times as old as Sally was in 1999. How old was Grandma in 1999?
thanks
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Question 940185: Mario is five years older than Luigi. The sum of their ages is 47. Write an equation that can be used to find their ages in years
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Question 940203: tyler is six years older than his sister , and the sum of their ages is 32. how old is tyler ? how old is his sister ?
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Question 940203: tyler is six years older than his sister , and the sum of their ages is 32. how old is tyler ? how old is his sister ?
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Question 940210: Five years ago, Mrs. Merlin was 8 times as old as her son, Josh. The sum of their present ages is 46.
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Question 940311: Braeden's father is 4 times as old as Braeden is. In 20 years his father will be only twice as old as Braeden. How old are Braden and his father now
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Question 940341: sum of ages of man and wife is 6 times the sum of age of children 2 years ago sum was 10 time sum of ages of their children After 6 years sum of their ages will be 3 times sum of ages of their find out how many children
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Question 940377: Overlie is 3 times as old as john. In 15 years he will be twice as old as john. Howold is john?
Here is what i did.
3x+15+x+15=2(x+15)
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Question 940379: A man 42 years old has a son who is 12 years old. In how many years will the father be as twice as old as his son?

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Question 940469: divide rs. 93 among three brothers in the ratio of 1/2:1/3:1/5

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Question 940549: Janet is y years old. How old will she be in 27 years?
Step 1
If Janet is 41 years old now, then after 27 years, she will be
41 + 27 =
years old.
Step 2
So, if Janet is y years old now, after 27 years, she will be? how did they get 41 and i dont understand step two
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Question 940629: five years ago, sue was five times as old as her sister. sue is three times as old as her sister is now, how old is sue.
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Question 940574: Diego is 1 year younger than Suzie. Trent is 19. Harold is 5 years older than Trent and 4 years younger than Suzie. How old is Suzie?

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Question 940658: jordan's uncle is 3 times jordan's age. If jordan's uncle is 28 years older than he is, how old is jordan?

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Question 940661: right now, Daniel is 8 years older than his cousin zach. Two years from now, Daniel will be 3 times as old as zach. how old is daniel now?
use x
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Question 940662: The sum of 7 times Paul's age and 4 times Kent's age is 111. Kent is 1 year less than 4 times as old as Paul is. Find each's age.
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Question 940696: Jack is 58 years younger than Jill. Seven years from now the the sum of their ages will be 92.
How old is Jill now?
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Question 940711: Vic is now 24 years older than his brother. in six years, he will be twice as older as his brother's age. What are their present ages
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Question 940512: Pamela is 9 years older than Jiri. The sum of their ages is 89.What is Jiri's age?
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Question 940551: If i am 25 and my boyfriend says he is twice my age. How old is he?
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Question 940833: Mayo is 37 years and Abdul is 6 years. how many years ago was the product of their ages 96?
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Question 940839: I need help please I can't seem to solve this age word problem , so Wes is 13 years older then bailie. In nine years, Wes will be twice as old as bailie so how old is baile
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Question 940852: Tom is twice as old as zach. Four years from now, the sum of their ages will be 23. How old is Tom
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