document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=395229>Question 395229</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A mother is twice as old as her daughter.Twenty years ago, the mother was four times as old as her daughter. What is their present age? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "daughter = x years<BR>\n" );
document.write( "mother = 2x years<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "20 years ago<BR>\n" );
document.write( "daughter = x-20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "mother = 2x-20<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x-20 = 4(x-20)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x-20 = 4x-80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x-4x=-60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2x=-60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=30 daughter's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "mother's age = 60 years<BR>\n" );
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