document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=938625>Question 938625</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> in four years a mother will be 5 times as old as her daughter. at present, the mother is 9 times as old as her daughter. how old are the mother and daughter today? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "9x = mother now {at present, the mother is 9 times the daughter}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + 4 = daughter in 4 years  {added 4 onto current age}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x + 4 = mother in 4 years {added 4 onto current age}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9x + 4 = 5(x + 4) {in 4 years a mother will be 5 times the daughter}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x + 4 = 5x + 20 {used distributive property}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 16 {subtracted 5x and subtracted 4 from each side}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 4 {divided each side by 4}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x = 36 {substituted 4, in for x, into 9x}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "daughter is 4 and mother is 36<BR>\n" );
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