document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=825777>Question 825777</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A mother is now three times as old as her daughter if the sum of their ages five years before was 50 ,how old is the mother now ? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Equations:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = 3d<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m-5 + d-5 = 50<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Modify:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = 3d<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m+d = 60<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4d = 60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "daughter's age = 15 yrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "mothers age = 3d = 45 yrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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