SOLUTION: 6 years ago Mrs. Dinero was 5 times as old as her daughter Angela. How old iz Angela if her age is one-thrid of her mother's age?
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Question 1008898: 6 years ago Mrs. Dinero was 5 times as old as her daughter Angela. How old iz Angela if her age is one-thrid of her mother's age?
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Call Ms. Dinero and Angela's age NOW, d and a.
From the facts in the problem, we have
a = (1/3)d (or d = 3a)
We also have
d - 6 = 5(a - 6)
Now substitute and get
3a - 6 = 5(a - 6)
3a - 6 = 5a - 30
Rearranging we get
2a = 24
a = 12
d = 36
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