SOLUTION: A younggirls is a quarter ofher mums age . The girl is 8. How old is her mum

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Question 1003606: A younggirls is a quarter ofher mums age . The girl is 8. How old is her mum
Answer by addingup(3677) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let's call her mum's age x. The problem says that she is 1/4 of her mum's age, so she is 1/4x:
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8= 1/4x Multiply both sides by 4:
8*4= 1x (1 x is simply x)
32= x or
x= 32 is how old her mum is