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Question 1024366: A mother is 20 years older then her daughter. A. If the daughter is y years old, how old is the mother. Interms of y, how old was the daughter is 4 years ago? Interms of y how old was the mother 4 years ago and four years ago the ratio of their ages was 7:3 find the percentage of the daughter.
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Answer by addingup(3677)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
mother; m
Present:
m = y+20
4 years ago:
m-4 = (y+20)-4
Ratio 7:3:
Daughter = 30%
mother = 70%

Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

A mother is 20 years older then her daughter. A. If the daughter is y years old, how old is the mother. Interms of y, how old was the daughter is 4 years ago? Interms of y how old was the mother 4 years ago and four years ago the ratio of their ages was 7:3 find the percentage of the daughter.
Mother's current age:  
4 years ago, daughter was: years-old
4 years ago, mother was: y + 20 - 4, or years-old
Percent of daughter's age to mother's age, 4 years ago:
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