document.write( "Question 1034505: if the mother has 48 years and her daughter has 16 before how many years was the daughter 5 times younger than her mother?
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if the mother has 48 years and her daughter has 16 before how many years was the daughter 5 times younger than her mother?
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\n" ); document.write( "let y = no. of years for this to be true
\n" ); document.write( "48 - y = 5(16-y)
\n" ); document.write( "48 - y = 80 - 5y
\n" ); document.write( "-y + 5y = 80 - 48
\n" ); document.write( "4y = 32
\n" ); document.write( "y = 32/4
\n" ); document.write( "y = 8 yrs
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\n" ); document.write( "Check this, subtract 8 from both ages, 40 and 8, 5 * 8 = 40 \n" ); document.write( "

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