SOLUTION: Mother is m years old, and she is four times as old as her daughter. How much older is the mother than her daughter? Translate into Algebra.

Question 1014804: Mother is m years old, and she is four times as old as her daughter. How much older is the mother than her daughter?
Translate into Algebra.
Found 3 solutions by FrankM, fractalier, MathTherapy:
Answer by FrankM(1040)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
M=4D
That's it. Not enough detail to solve anything.
Answer by fractalier(6550)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If we call the daughter's age, d, then the mother is
m - d = 4d - d = 3d years older than her daughter.
Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Mother is m years old, and she is four times as old as her daughter. How much older is the mother than her daughter?
Translate into Algebra.

Mother's age: m
Daughter's age: , or
Difference between mother's and daughter's ages: , or , or
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