document.write( "Question 1056184: 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 are the mother and the daughter. \n" ); document.write( "

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$\"M=4D\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "Three years ago,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"M-3=5%28D-3%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"M-3=5D-15\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"M=5D-12\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Substituting from above,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"4D=5D-12\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"-D=-12\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"D=12\"$
\n" ); document.write( "So then,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"M=4%2812%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"M=48\"$
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