document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=513621>Question 513621</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a mother is twice as old  as her daughter now. sixteen years ago,she was four times as old. how old is each now?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #343053 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Maths68><B>Maths68(1474)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Maths68><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Maths68><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=343053\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Present age of mother = m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Present age of daughter = d\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Mother is twice as old  as her daughter now. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=2d.......(1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sixteen years ago,she was four times as old<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m-16=4(d-16)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m-16=4d-64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=4d-64+16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=4d-48.........(2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "subtitute the value of m from (1) to (2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2d=4d-48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2d-4d=-48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2d=-48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2d/-2=-48/-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d=24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Put the value of d in (1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=2d<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=2*24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "resent age of mother = m = 48 years old<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Present age of daughter = d = 24 years old<BR>\n" );
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