document.write( "Question 1129974: Please help me solve this word problem : Three years ago a woman was 3 times as old as the daughter. Their total age now is 46 years. How old was the daughter three years ago? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Three years ago the woman was three times as old as the daughter and the sum of their ages was 46-3*2 = 40 years.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, three years ago the daughter was 10 years.     \r\n" );
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