John, a computer engineer, is twice as old as his wife was when he was as old as his wife is now. He is 24 years old. How old is his wife?

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Q: A number increased by 4 is the same as 3 times the numberdecreased by 8. Find the number.

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Q: When four times a number is decreased by 8, the result is 16. What is the number? The number is

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Q: Find two numbers whose sum is 34 and whose difference is 10.

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Q: In its second year of operation, a local Internet provider's profits were $178,500. If this amount…

A: Let the first year profit be x Thus in the second year the profit was 626% Profit amount = $178500

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Q: If 28 less than five times a certain number is 232. What is the number?

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Q: When a number is multiplied by 4 before subtracting from 68, the result obțained is the same as…

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Q: Kim is 6 years more than twice Timothy's age. 2 years ago, Kim was three times as old as Timothy.…

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Q: Eight years ago, Zian was 4 times as old as Xander. How old is Xander now if his age is one-half of…

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Q: The sum of two consecutive even integers is -918. What is the smallest integer?

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Q: The sum of the ages of Dustin and Jacqueline is 74 years. 11 years ago, Dustin's age was 3 times…

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Q: Jim is 3 times as old as his cousin and the difference in their ages is 18. How old is Jim?

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Q: A man is 21 years older than his son. Five years ago he was 4 times as old as his son. What are…

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Q: Twice the number decreased by six is 15.

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Q: Ray is 19years older than his sister Danielle. In 10 years, he will be twice as old as Danielle. How…

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Q: At the time of my birth, the sum of years of my parents was 50. Today, the sum of my years and the…

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Q: The sum of two consecutive integers is 5,386. What are the integers?

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Q: Find a pair of numbers whose sum and product are both equal to 8.

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Q: 8 times a number is added to twice the number, the result is 70

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Q: When a number is decreased by 20% of itself, the result is 48. What is the number? The number is

A: Let the number is 'x'. A number is decreases by 20% of itself; it means that: y=1-20100xy=0.8x

Q: Angel is 28 years old and her sister is 10. In how many years Angel will be two times as old as her…

A: Given that: Angel is 28 years old and her sister is 10 years old.

Q: Find two numbers whose sum is 28 and difference is 13.

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Q: If six less than eight times a number is eighteen. What is the number?

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Q: The sum of three consecutive even integers is -90.What is the smallest integer?

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Q: a number decreased by 12 is equal to the number times 7

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Q: Pat is 20 years older than his son James. In two years Pat will be twice as old as James. How old…

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Q: If you add seven to twice a number, the result is seventeen. What is the number?

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Q: The sum of three consecutive odd integers is 273. What is the smallest integers?

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Q: When ten is subtracted from the opposite of a number, the differencebetween them is five. What is…

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Q: Linda is twice as old as Minda. 10 years ago, the sum of their ages is 40. How old is Linda?

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Q: when six times a number is decreased by 4, the result is 8. What is the number?

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Q: The sum of two consecutive integers is 247, what is the smallest integer?

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Q: When two times a number is decreased by 3, the result is 11. What is the number?

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Q: Seven times a two digit number is equal to four times the number obtained by reversing the digits…

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Q: Fahad is 4year old than huma and ali is 2 years younger than huma. If the sum of there ages is 47…

A: Let, age of Huma= x years So the age of Farhad= (x+4) years The age of Ali is =(x-2) years