SOLUTION: Please help me write an equation for this problem: Five years from now, the sum of the ages of a woman and her daughter will be 40 years. The difference in their present age is 24

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Question 811525: Please help me write an equation for this problem: Five years from now, the sum of the ages of a woman and her daughter will be 40 years. The difference in their present age is 24 years. How old is their daughter now?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
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d for daughter
m for mother

Five years from now, %28d%2B5%29%2B%28m%2B5%29=40
Or
d%2Bm=30

Presently, m-d=24


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m=27