SOLUTION: please help me to solve this age problem: Alice is 8/3 as old as her daughter in 4 years. Alice will be 9/4 as old as her daughter find their ages?

Question 698308: please help me to solve this age problem:
Alice is 8/3 as old as her daughter in 4 years. Alice will be 9/4 as old as her daughter find their ages?
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The problem should be
�Alice is 8/3 as old as her daughter.
In 4 years, Alice will be 9/4 as old as her daughter.
Find their ages�
= Alice's age
= the daughter's age
because Alice is 8/3 as old as her daughter.
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In 4 years, Alice will be ,
her daughter will be ,
and their ages will be related by the equation
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We get the system

Multiplying the first equation times and the second times we get
, and adding both equations we get
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Substituting into we get
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