document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=935902>Question 935902</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a mother was 26 years old when her daughter ws born. the mother is now 6 years less than 3 times as old as her daughter. How old is the daughter now? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let d = daughter's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then from \"mother was 26 years old when her daughter was born\" we have:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d+26 = mother's age<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "from \"the mother is now 6 years less than 3 times as old as her daughter\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3d-6 = d+26<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2d-6 = 26<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2d = 32<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = 16 years old (answer) </SPAN>\n" );
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