document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=358977>Question 358977</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A mother is seven times as old as her daughter, in five years time she will be four times as old as her daughter. How old are they now? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let daughter's age be x years<BR>\n" );
document.write( "mother's age = 7x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "five years later their ages will be<BR>\n" );
document.write( "daughter =x+5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "mother =7x+5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4(x+5)=7x+5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x+20=7x+5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x-4x=20-5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x=15<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=5 daughter's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "mother's age = 7*5 = 35 years<BR>\n" );
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