document.write( "Question 1129030: A girl was born 35 years after her mother.what fraction of her mothers age will the girl be at age 15. \n" ); document.write( "

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mother was 35 when girl was born. Girl now 15, mother 35+15 = 50
\n" ); document.write( "the girl is 15/50.
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\n" ); document.write( "Imagine this is a cake. The whole cake is divided into 50 slices. The daughter is the equivalent of 15 slices, or 15 out of 50; you can also write it as 15:50 or as 15/50
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\n" ); document.write( "In the last case, 15/50, you need to simplify by finding common factors for these two numbers:
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\n" ); document.write( "15 is divisible by 1, 3, 5, 15
\n" ); document.write( "50 is divisible by 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50
\n" ); document.write( "so the only common factor is 5:
\n" ); document.write( "15/5 = 3
\n" ); document.write( "50/5 = 10
\n" ); document.write( "the girl is 3/10 her mother's age \n" ); document.write( "

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