document.write( "Question 811525: Please help me write an equation for this problem: 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 their daughter now? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #488789 by josgarithmetic(39618)\"\" \"About 
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d for daughter
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Five years from now, \"%28d%2B5%29%2B%28m%2B5%29=40\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"d%2Bm=30\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Presently, \"m-d=24\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "m=27
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