document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=993719>Question 993719</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> mes as old as he daughter. If the sum of their ages is thirty nine, find the aA mother is 3 years less than five tige of each. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A mother is 3 years less than <BR>\n" );
document.write( "five times as old as he daughter.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "M = 5D - 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the sum of their ages is thirty nine.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "M + D = 39<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Replace M with 5D - 3 from top equation.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5D - 3 + D = 39<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Collect like terms.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5D + D = 39 + 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6D = 42<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D = 7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Daughter is 7 years old<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Mother is 32 years old<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hope this helps :-) </SPAN>\n" );
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