SOLUTION: Mary's age is 5 yrs. less than three times her daughter's age. If the sum of their ages is 57, how old are they each.
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Question 1059321: Mary's age is 5 yrs. less than three times her daughter's age. If the sum of their ages is 57, how old are they each.
Answer by ikleyn(52787) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The answer is non-integer number of years, what is a BAD STYLE in age word problems.
BAD STYLE, the author !
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