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    This document provides examples of age problems and how to set up charts to solve them. It walks through solving one example problem step-by-step using a chart to relate the ages of two people, Louise and Jennifer, now and in the future. It then provides 10 additional age problems and asks the reader to use a similar chart approach to find the ages.

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    Age Problems

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    This document provides examples of age problems and how to set up charts to solve them. It walks through solving one example problem step-by-step using a chart to relate the ages of two people, Louise and Jennifer, now and in the future. It then provides 10 additional age problems and asks the reader to use a similar chart approach to find the ages.

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    This document provides examples of age problems and how to set up charts to solve them. It walks through solving one example problem step-by-step using a chart to relate the ages of two people, Louise and Jennifer, now and in the future. It then provides 10 additional age problems and asks the reader to use a similar chart approach to find the ages.

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    This document provides examples of age problems and how to set up charts to solve them. It walks through solving one example problem step-by-step using a chart to relate the ages of two people, Louise and Jennifer, now and in the future. It then provides 10 additional age problems and asks the reader to use a similar chart approach to find the ages.

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    Age Problems

    Age problems are especially tricky to get a handle on because they relate
    information that is going on now to information that will be going on in the future
    or information that has gone on in the past.
    Example:
    Louise is 4 years younger than Jennifer now. In 10 years, Louise will be twice the
    age that Jennifer is now.
    To start with, we set up a chart as below:
    Louise
    Jennifer

    Present
    x
    x+4

    In 10 years
    2(x+4) OR x+10
    x+14

    Ok, we start by calling some value x and trying to relate this value to other
    values from the information given. The first person mentioned is Louise, so I
    called her present age x. Louise is 4 years younger than Jennifer. So,
    Jennifers present age is x+4. Now, were only told that in 10 years Louise will be
    twice the age that Jennifer is now. Since, Louise is x years old now, she will be
    x+10 years old in 10 years. But, this extra information tells us that she will ALSO
    be 2(x+4) years old (twice what Jennifer is now). So, we know that:

    x + 10 = 2( x + 4)
    x + 10 = 2 x + 8
    x=2
    This gives us all the information we need. We now know that Louise is now 2
    years old and Jennifer is now 6 years old.
    Use a chart like the one above to solve the following problems:
    1.

    Mark is 3 years older than Jane. In 4 years, Mark will be 3/2 as old as
    Jane. How old is Mark now?

    2.

    Lucy is 4 times as old as Amy. Three years ago, Lucy was 13 times as old
    as Amy. How old is Lucy now?

    3.

    In 18 years, Jenny will be three times as old as she is now. How old is
    she?

    4.

    8 years ago, Jimmy was three times as old as Anne. In 4 years, Jimmy will
    be 3/2 of Annes age.

    5.

    Dustin is 11 years younger than Elias. In two years, Dustin will be half as
    old as Elias. How old is Dustin?

    6.

    Shawn is 4/5ths as old now as he will be in 7 years. How old is he now?

    7.

    In 20 years, John will be 5 times as old as he is now. How old is he?

    8.

    Kim is 3 times as old as she was 2 years ago. How old is she?

    9.

    Jeff is two years younger than Carrie. 12 years ago, Carrie was twice as
    old as Jeff. How old is Jeff now?

    10.

    Steve is twice as old as Sylvie. Sylvie is three years older than Jacob. 4
    years ago, Sylvie was twice Jacobs age. How old is Sylvie?

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