document.write( "Question 509124: A MOTHER TELLS HER DAUGHTER .\"I WAS YOUR PRESENT AGE WHEN YOU WERE BORN\".IF THE MOTHER IS 36 NOW,HOW OLD WAS THE DAUGHTER 5 YEARS BACK? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #341289 by swincher4391(1107)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! When the daughter was born:\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "d[0] = 0 \n" ); document.write( "m[0] = d\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now after adding d years.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "d[1] = d \n" ); document.write( "m[1] = 2d\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So we have that the mother is twice as old as the daughter.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If the mother is 36 right now, that means that the daughter is 18.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Then 5 years ago, the daughter was 13. <--- Answer\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |