document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=799969>Question 799969</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> five years from now, the sum of the ages of a woman and her daughter will be 40 years. the difference in their present age is 24 years. how old is the daughter </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Equaton::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m+5 + d+5 = 40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m - d = 24<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rearrange:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m + d = 30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m - d = 24<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add and solve for \"m\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2m = 54<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Mother's age = 27 yrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for \"d\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m + d = 30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "27 +d = 30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Daughter's age = 3 yrs.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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