SOLUTION: A father is 26 years older than his daughter. In four years he will be 2 more than 5 times her age. Find each of their current ages.
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Question 677441: A father is 26 years older than his daughter. In four years he will be 2 more than 5 times her age. Find each of their current ages.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the Daughter's age now
is the Father's age now
= the Daughter's age in years
= the Father's age in years
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The thing about ages is that the difference between
their ages will always remain the same, years, so
The Daughter's age is 2 now
The Father's age is 28 now
check:
OK
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