SOLUTION: 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 ol

Question 1024367: 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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let y = the daughter's present
:
A mother is 20 years older then her daughter.
:
A. If the daughter is y years old, how old is the mother.
y + 20
In terms of y, how old was the daughter is 4 years ago?
y - 4
In terms of y how old was the mother 4 years ago
y + 20 - 4
y + 16
and four years ago the ratio of their ages was 7:3
=
cross multiply
7(y-4) = 3(y + 16)
7y - 28 = 3y + 48
7y - 3y = 48 + 28
4y = 76
y = 76/4
y = 19 is daughters present age
then
19 + 20 = 39 is mom's age
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find the percentage of the daughter.
* 100 = 48.7%
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