Question 1031850: A man is 4 times old as his daughter was 3 years ago.If their combined ages is 48,how old is the daughter now?
Found 7 solutions by stanbon, mananth, MathTherapy, Alan3354, ikleyn, n2, josgarithmetic:
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
Answer by mananth(16949)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let the daughter's age be x now
3 years ago her age was (x-3) years
Father's age now is 4(x-3)
4(x-3)+48
4x-12=48
4x=12+48
4x=60
x=15 years the daughter's age
Answer by MathTherapy(10719)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A man is 4 times old as his daughter was 3 years ago.If their combined ages is 48,how old is the daughter now?
Daughter's current age: 
Answer by Alan3354(69443)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A man is 4 times old as his daughter was 3 years ago. If their combined ages is 48, how old is the daughter now?
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M = 4*(D - 3) = 4D-12
M + D = 48
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4D-12 + D = 48
5D = 60
D = 12 (Daughter's age now)
Answer by ikleyn(53618)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
A man is 4 times  old as his daughter was 3 years ago.
If their combined ages is 48,how old is the daughter now?
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The solution in the post by @mananth is incorrect.
It is incorrect, since his setup equation is wrong.
I came to bring a correct solution.
Let the daughter age be x now.
3 years ago her age was (x-3) years.
Father's age now is 4(x-3)
Our equation is
x + 4(x-3) = 48 (the combined age)
Simplify and find x
x + 4x - 12 = 48
5x = 60
x = 60/5 = 12.
ANSWER. The daughter is 12 years old. The father is 4(x-3) = 4*(12-3) = 4*9 = 36 years old.
CNECK. Their combined age is 12 + 36 = 48, which is precisely correct.
Solved correctly.
Answer by n2(54) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
A man is 4 times old as his daughter was 3 years ago.
If their combined ages is 48,how old is the daughter now?
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Let the daughter age be x now.
3 years ago her age was (x-3) years.
Father's age now is 4(x-3)
Our equation is
x + 4(x-3) = 48 (the combined age)
Simplify and find x
x + 4x - 12 = 48
5x = 60
x = 60/5 = 12.
ANSWER. The daughter is 12 years old. The father is 4(x-3) = 4*(12-3) = 4*9 = 36 years old.
CNECK. Their combined age is 12 + 36 = 48, which is precisely correct.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39736) (Show Source):
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