Your sister Sarah is 8 years old. You are three times as old as Sarah. How old will you be when you are twice as old as Sarah?

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You find a note under your co-workers desk on which a message seems to be written in code. It reads: Abc'd ebbf ghi ibajckgldmkf qhdc nbcobbl hd. Bakpjnbcm.

You take it to your teenage son. He deciphers the secret alphabet except for one word that he keeps in code. It reads: Let's keep our relationship just between us. Bakpjnbcm.

The curiosity is getting to you. Can you figure out the missing word?

You own a magazine stand. Last month, you sold 1134 magazines at an average price of $4.25 per magazine. You pay out a total of $1,530.00 in salaries to your two full-time employees, which constitutes 80% of your business expenses.
How much profit did you realize last month?

At a garage sale, Marc is lucky enough to find an old milk crate containing 104 record albums for $26.00. If he could purchase each album individually, how much will Marc pay for the 28 albums that he selects from the crate?

If you ran 9 miles in 1-1/2 hours and decided to continue at the same pace for another 30 minutes, how many miles will you have run altogether?

You own a hot dog stand. On your average work day, you sell 120 hot dogs at 0.75 cents a piece. How many months will you need to work to sell for at least $10,000.00? Note: Weekends are a days off for you too!

You want to know if your cardiovascular training is making a difference in your performance. Two weeks ago, before the start of your training program, you could run for 14 minutes before having to stop to catch your breath. Now, you can run none stop for approximately 40 minutes. By what percent did you improve your performance?

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You drop 4 coins in a well. One nickel, one quarter, and the other two are dimes. Using a special device, your friend is able to retrieve two coins from the well and tells you that one of the coins is a dime. What are the chances that the other coin she took out is also a dime?