document.write( "Question 656275: 10 years ago, I was 14 times as old as my daughter. Now I am 4 times as old as she is. \n" ); document.write( "
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10 years ago, I was 14 times as old as my daughter. Now I am 4 times as old as she is.
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\n" ); document.write( "Equations:
\n" ); document.write( "m-10 = 14(d-10)
\n" ); document.write( "m = 4d
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\n" ); document.write( "Substitute for \"m\" and solve for \"d\":
\n" ); document.write( "4d - 10 = 14d -140
\n" ); document.write( "10d = 130
\n" ); document.write( "d = 13 (daughter's age now)
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\n" ); document.write( "Solve for \"m\":
\n" ); document.write( "m = 4d
\n" ); document.write( "m = 4*13 = 52 (me's age now)
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H.
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