document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=974597>Question 974597</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a mother is three as old as her daughter six years from now,the mother will just be twice as old as her daughter.find their present ago </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let x=daughter's age now<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x=mother's age now<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6 yrs from now:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+6=daughter's age <BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+6=mother's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+6=2(x+6)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+6=2x+12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x=18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "daughter's present age=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "mother's present age=18 </SPAN>\n" );
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