SOLUTION: The sum of th ages of a mother and her daughter is 52 years. Eight years ago, the mother was eight times as old as her daughter. How old is the mother now?

Question 1059171: The sum of th ages of a mother and her daughter is 52 years. Eight years ago, the mother was eight times as old as her daughter. How old is the mother now?
Answer by math_helper(2461) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let m = mother's age now
and d = daughter's age now
"the sum of the ages of a mother and her daughter is 52"
gives

and
"8 years ago, the mother was 8 times as old as her daughter"
gives

The first equation gives us and now we can substitute "52-m" for "d" in the 2nd equation.

Can you solve for m?

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