document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=990520>Question 990520</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A mother is now four times as old as her daughter, three years ago, she was five times as old as her daughter, how old is the daughter? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #610597 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Timnewman><B>Timnewman(323)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Timnewman><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Timnewman><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=610597\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let daught's age be x,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Mother's age=4x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Three years ago,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "daught's age=x-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "mother's age=4x-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If mother is five times as old as her daughter,then,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x-3=5(x-3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x-3=5x-15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x-4x=-3+15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Daughter's age is 12years<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Mother's age=4x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=4(12)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=48years,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "HOPE THIS HELPS? </SPAN>\n" );
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