SOLUTION: Mother is m years old, and she is four times as old as her daughter. How much older is the mother than her daughter? Translate into Algebra.

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Question 1014804: Mother is m years old, and she is four times as old as her daughter. How much older is the mother than her daughter?
Translate into Algebra.
Found 3 solutions by FrankM, fractalier, MathTherapy:
Answer by FrankM(1040) About Me  (Show Source):
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M=4D
That's it. Not enough detail to solve anything.

Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If we call the daughter's age, d, then the mother is
m - d = 4d - d = 3d years older than her daughter.

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) About Me  (Show Source):
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Mother is m years old, and she is four times as old as her daughter. How much older is the mother than her daughter?
Translate into Algebra.
Mother's age:    m

Daughter's age: %281%2F4%29m, or m%2F4

Difference between mother's and daughter's ages: m+-+m%2F4, or %284m+-+m%29%2F4, or highlight_green%283m%2F4%29