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Question 972337: Five years ago, Nina was twice as old as Sam. In five years, she will be 1.5 times as old as Sam. How old are Nina and Sam.
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Question 972425: I am 4 years younger than my brother.if brother's age is x years, let me write my age in terms of my brother'sagr
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Question 972462: A number is doubled, and then seven is added. When the result is divided by forty, the quotient is two and the remainder is thirty-three. Find the original number.
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Question 972461: A person travels to a destination at a rate of fifty mph and returns the next day at a rate of forty mph. If the time returning is one hour more than the time going, how many miles are traveled in all?
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Question 972456: A tank can be filled by one pipe in four hours and by a second pipe in six hours; and when it is full, the tank can be drained by a third pipe in three hours. If the tank is empty and all three pipes are open, in how many hours will the tank be filled?
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Question 972457: When four-sevenths of a number is subtracted from the number, the result is two less than one-half of that number. Find the number.
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Question 972459: A man is thirty years old, and his son is thirteen years old.
How many years will the son be three-fourths as old as his father?
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Question 972513: patrick is 5 times older dan ben .. After 4 years patrick is 3 times older dan ben. How old is ben ?
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Question 972490: Roberts father is 4 times as old as Roberts.After 5 years,father will be three times as old as Roberts.Find their present ages.

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Question 972574: Jacky is tWo-third as old as her sister.Twenty years from now, she will be seven-eighths as old as her sister.How old is jacky?
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Question 972566: I am now four times as old as my sister. When I am four times as old as I am now, my sister will still be less than thirty years old. How old is she now?

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Question 972624: Dan is 14 years old. In 4 years, dan will be 3 times the age of his brother. how old is dans brother?
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Question 972797: Roy is twice as old as Joan, and in 3 years the sum of their ages will be 21 years. Find their present ages.
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Question 972822: Raphael is three times Julies age. Their combined ages is 44 years old. What is the equation?

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Question 972789: Romnick is 3 more than twice the age of Levin. In 10 years, the sum of their ages will be 47. How old are they now?
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Question 972788: Amir is 5 years younger than Alison, together their age totals to 27 years and in seven years time, how old will each person be?

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Question 972934: Sum of man and women is yr.he is twice as old as she was the day he was the age of her age today.find their present age.
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Question 973010: Hi,
I have been trying to solve a word problem, here it is:
Three years ago, Evan was one third of his sister's age. In a year's time, Evan's age doubled will match his sister's age. How old is Evan now?

I know that I need to turn the problem into an equation and then solve, but I can not figure out how to turn the problem into an equation
Thanks
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Question 973063: An uncle is twice as old as his nephew, and 8 years ago he was three times as old as his nephew. Find their present ages.
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Question 973083: five divided by forty one and two thirds
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Question 973149: The sum of Jerry and Joel's age is 36. Nine years ago, Jerry was twice as old as Joel. How old is each now?
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Question 973156: In a quadrilateral, the sum of the measures of all four angles is 360 degrees. Suppose a quadrilateral has two angles that are equal. Also, the third angle is equal to the sum of the equal angles. The fourth angle is 60 degrees less than twice the sum of the three angles. Find the measures of the angles in the quadrilateral.
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Question 973251: Five years ago, a man was five times older than his dog. Today, he is only three times as old as the dog. How old is the man and his dog?
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Question 973228: In 3 year Shen will be twice as old as I am now. If I am 8 now, how old is Shen?
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Question 973288: Tony is 15 years older than Tim. Ned is 10 years younger than Tony. How much older is Ned than Tony
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Question 973289: Anita is 3/4 the age of Judy. 4 years ago, she was 2/3s the age of Judy. How old is each?
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Question 973326: Find 17 years old what age is 25% older than me
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Question 973364: John is three times as old as his son jack, and the sum of their ages is 48, how old is John?
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Question 973373: A man is four times as old as his son. In five years time he will be three times as old. Find their present ages.
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Question 973469: 3 years ago, Lakshmi was 5 years older than Sita. What is the difference between their ages today?
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Question 973469: 3 years ago, Lakshmi was 5 years older than Sita. What is the difference between their ages today?
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Question 973627: If twice my age, increased by 7, is greater than or equal to 31 less my age, I am at least how old?
I know that age is x. I tried writing this formula:
2x + 7 >= x - 31
But the answer I got was x >= -38, but I don't think that's possible.
Thanks!
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Question 973745: Two years ago, two cats named Tony and Tiny, had 15 years of life together. Today, Tony is 13 years old. In how many years will Tiny be 9 years old?
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Question 973912: A boy is 8 years old and his sister is twice his age if the boy turn 12 years old how old would his sister be
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Question 973933: IN A TWO-DIGIT NUMBER,THE SUM OF THE DIGITS IS 8.THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS NUMBER AND THE NUMBER WITH THE DIGITS REVERSED IS 54.WHAT IS THE NUMBER
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Question 973927: Samuel is 4 times Victor's age. In 12 years, Samuel will only be 12 times Victor's age. How old is Victor now?
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Question 974042: respected tutor,
please help me to solve this problem.
the difference between the ages of two sister is 10 years .if 15 years ago the elder one was twice as old the young one .find their present age..
kindly,
sandra
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Question 974047: Mommy Grace is 27yrs old. Her son is 13yrs old. How many years ago was Mommy Grace 3 times as old as her son??
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Question 974047: Mommy Grace is 27yrs old. Her son is 13yrs old. How many years ago was Mommy Grace 3 times as old as her son??
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Question 974172: John is three times older than Peter. Four years ago John was four times older than Peter was at that time. How old are they now?
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Question 974192: Ahmad is five years older than his wife, who is five times as old as her daughter.
If the daughter was 4 years old 3 years back, what is the age of Ahmad?
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Question 974170: Solve this problem and write an equation. You may do this any order. Alicia's brother is one third as old as alicia. Alicia's mother is five years more than twice Alicia's age. If the sum of their age is 45, find Alicia's age

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