SOLUTION: A girl is ahalf the age of her mother, the father is 5 years older the mother and there total age is 100. How old is the girl father and the mother

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Question 1007415: A girl is ahalf the age of her mother, the father is 5 years older the mother and there total age is 100. How old is the girl father and the mother
Answer by ikleyn(52786) About Me  (Show Source):
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x + 2x + (2x +5) = 100.

5x = 95.

x = 19 (daughter age, years).
Mother age is 38 years
Father's age is 43 years.