SOLUTION: Please help me write an equation for this problem: Five years from now, the sum of the ages of a woman and her daughter will be 40 years. The difference in their present age is 24

Question 811525: Please help me write an equation for this problem: Five years from now, the sum of the ages of a woman and her daughter will be 40 years. The difference in their present age is 24 years. How old is their daughter now?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
d for daughter
m for mother

Five years from now,
Or

Presently,

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m=27
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