SOLUTION: Today my daughter is 1/3 of my age. Five years ago she was 1/4 of my age then. How old is my daughter now?
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Question 303717: Today my daughter is 1/3 of my age. Five years ago she was 1/4 of my age then. How old is my daughter now?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent the daughter's age now. Then the parent is 
years old now.
Five years ago, the daughter was 
. Five years ago the parent was 
.
Four times the daughter's age five years ago is equal to the parent's age five years ago.
\ =\ 3x\ -\ 5)
Just solve for . Remember to plug your answer back into all of the expressions to check.
John
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