SOLUTION: Today my daughter is 1/3 of my age. Five years ago she was 1/4 of my age then. How old is my daughter now?

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Question 303717: Today my daughter is 1/3 of my age. Five years ago she was 1/4 of my age then. How old is my daughter now?
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Let represent the daughter's age now. Then the parent is years old now.

Five years ago, the daughter was . Five years ago the parent was .

Four times the daughter's age five years ago is equal to the parent's age five years ago.



Just solve for . Remember to plug your answer back into all of the expressions to check.

John