document.write( "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? \n" ); document.write( "

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represent the daughter's age now. Then the parent is

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. Five years ago the parent was

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Four times the daughter's age five years ago is equal to the parent's age five years ago.\r
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