SOLUTION: A woman is four times as old as her daughter, in five years time the square of her age will exceed the square of her daughter's age by 120 years. Find the daughter's age.

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Question 1169468: A woman is four times as old as her daughter, in five years time the square of her age will exceed the square of her daughter's age by 120 years. Find the daughter's age.
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This was answered less than a day ago, so no need to ask it again. Also, something is wrong with the problem description (in the practical sense).

Answer by ikleyn(52787) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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I just answered this post this night.

The answer is:  the daughter is  2  years;  the mother is  8  years.

Since this answer  (and the problem itself,  in whole)  is absurdist,  I said that this problem is  "idiotic".

If I see this post again at the forum,  I will delete it without further explanation.


Is everything clear to you in my response,  or you would like more explanations ?