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Question 170840: oh this one is tricky.. i know how to set up age problems but this one I am not too sure about.

a statue in the city's public garden is 50 years old. in the same garden is a monument which is 40 years old. in how many years will the statue be three-times as old as the monument?
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Question 170830: What number must you add to 128 and subtract from 256 so that the answers to both examples are equal?
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Question 170802: A father is four times as old as his daughter is now. In 20 years he will be only twice as old as his daughter. How old are the father and daughter is now?
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Question 170801: A father is four times as old as his daughter is now. In 20 years he will be only twice as old as his daughter. How old are the father and daughter is now?
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Question 171037: You are 4 years older than your brother. Two years ago you were 1.5 x older than him. How old are you know?
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Question 171037: You are 4 years older than your brother. Two years ago you were 1.5 x older than him. How old are you know?
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Question 171056: Replace each letter with a number to make ths problem correct. Identical letters shoul be replaced with identical numbers.

P A R T S
* 4
__________
hint: Since 4 * p =a 1-digit answer, p must equal 1 or 2. Remember 4* any other letter can give either a 1- or 2-digit answer.
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Question 171062: Replace each letter with a number to make ths problem correct. Identical letters shoul be replaced with identical numbers.
P A R T S
* 4
__________
= S T R A P
hint: Since 4 * p =a 1-digit answer, p must equal 1 or 2. Remember 4* any other letter can give either a 1- or 2-digit answer.
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Question 171106: Replace each letter with a number to make ths problem correct. Identical letters shoul be replaced with identical numbers.
P A R T S
* 4
__________
=S T R A P
hint: Since 4 * p =a 1-digit answer, p must equal 1 or 2. Remember 4* any other letter can give either a 1- or 2-digit answer.: Replace each letter with a number to make ths problem correct. Identical letters shoul be replaced with identical numbers.
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Question 171111: Mary's sister is 7 years older than mary. Their combined ages is 35. How old is Mary?
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Question 171408: A fireman stood on the middle step of a ladder, shooting water into a burning building. As the smokelessened, he climbed up three steps and continued his work. The fire got worse, so he had to go down five steps. Later he climbed up the last six steps and was at th top of the ladder. How many steps were there?
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Question 171410: Eight pennies are placed in a row on a tabletop. Every other coin is then replaced with a nickel. Every third coin is then replaced with a dime. Finally, every fourth coin is replaced with a quarter. What is the value of the eight coins now on the table?

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Question 171409: A log is cut into four pieces in 12 seconds. At the same rate, how long would it take to cut the log into five pieces?
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Question 171442: A chess champion played in a 2 week tournament. At the end of the tournament she'd lost 4 more matches that she'd won. If she lost 60% of her matches, how many matches did she play? Hint: 60% = 3/5
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Question 171441: Imagine that a triangle is formed with 10 pennies, as hsown below. By changing only 3 pennies, reverse the triangle so that it now points in the oposite direction.
......1
....2 - 3
..4 - 5 - 6
7 - 8 - 9 - 10

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Question 171434: Jackie is five years older than her brother. In four years, Jackie will be twice as old as her brother will be. How old is Jackie now?
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Question 171416: Paula invited 15 friends to her Sweet 16 birthday party. She decided to use 16 small square tables to form a large square so that she and her friends would all have a place to sit.
At the last minute, four cousins arrived from out of town. How could Paula arrange the 16 tables into a new rectangular shape (with no holes in the middle) so that all 20 people will have a place and there will be no empty seats?
EXTENSION: What is the greatest number of people that can be seated at 16 tables arranged in a rectangular shape?
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Question 171937: ten years ago, a man was 3 times as old as his son. in 6 years, he will be twice as old as his son. how old is each now?
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Question 172229: John is 5 years older than Windell. Six years from now the sum of their ages will be 37 years. How old is each now?
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Question 172228: Perla is now five times as old as Marilou.In 10 years Perla will be three times as old as Marilou. How old is each?
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Question 172270: A boy is 4 years old and his sister is three times as old as he is. When the boy is 12 years old, how old will his sister be?
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Question 172342: Jonah is one more than twice as old as Joelle and five more than than half as old as Aziza. In six years, their ages will add up to sixty. How old is each person?
I have tried various ways of doing this.
x(2X+1)(X/2+5)+6=60 for example, please help.

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Question 172442: Amme and Becky have the same birthday. Amme is twice as old as Becky was when Amme was as old as Becky is now. If Amme is now 24 years old, how old is Becky??
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Question 172631: A father, being asked his age and that of his son, said, "If you add 4 to my age and divide the sum by 4, you will have my son's age. But 6 years ago I was 7 1/2 times as old as my son." find their ages.
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Question 173116: "please solve these problem"
the sum of elisa's age and elma's age is 20. elisa's age one year from now will ten times elma's age one year ago. how old is each now.
thank you.

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Question 173075: A princess is as old as the prince will be when the princess is twice the age that the prince was when the princess' age was half the sum of their present ages. How old are they?
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Question 173402: please help me solve this problem step by step. Joey is thrice as old as his son. The sum of their ages is 60. How old is each of them?. thank you.
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Question 173566: What is Newton's 3 laws?
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Question 173604: grace is 4 times as old as vicky.five years ago, vicky was 30 years younger than grace. find their present ages.
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Question 173663: Erin's age is 3 times Warren's. In 4 years she will be twice as old as he will be. How old is each now? How would you check your answer?
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Question 173693: I would appreciate your help on the following problem: The two digits in the numerator of a fraction whose value is 4/7 are reversed in its demoninator. The reciprocal of the fraction is the value obtained when 16 is added to the original numerator and 5 is subtracted from the original demonimator. Find the original fraction. I have 10t+u/10u+t=4/7; 10u+t/10t+u=10t+u+16/10u+t-5.
7(10t+u)=4(10u+t), 70t+7u=40u+4t, 66t=33u, t=3/6u. I'm not sure where to go from there. Thank you so much for any help you can give me. I appreciate it so much!
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Question 173722: jenifer is 6 years older than sue. in 4 years she will be twice as old as sue was 5 years ago. find their ages now.
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Question 173740: Kaylee is fifty-five years older than Justin. (K=J+55) The sum of the ages of Kaylee and Justin is one hundred one. How did I solve this problem?
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Question 173844: greg's father is 30 years older than greg. In 15 years, the sum of their ages willbe 130. what are their ages now?
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Question 174115: nine pounds of sweet potatoes cost the same as 6 pounds of apples. One pound of sweet potatoes cost twice as much as a pound of onions, while a pound of apples cost 24 cents more than a pound of onions. find the cost of each.
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Question 174116: "I am 3 times as old as Sue is'" Frank said to Ann. "On the other hand, I am 15 years older than John, while Sue is 1 year ow old am I?"
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Question 174113: the four oldest people in Golden City lived a total of 384 years put together. The difference in ages for the youngest and the second oldest is 14. The second youngest is 3 years older than the youngest. The oldest is 20 years older than the average of the second and youngest. What are their ages?
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Question 174419: 8 years ago,melanie waz half as old as she will be in 3 years. How old is she presently? please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Question 174422: The present age of a father is three times that of his son but after 22 ears it will be only twice that of his son. Find their present ages.
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