SOLUTION: A women is currently 21 years older than her daughter. Eleven years before the current time, the daughter was 2/3 as old as her mother. What is the current age of the mother?

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Question 1164536: A women is currently 21 years older than her daughter. Eleven years before the current time, the daughter was 2/3 as old as her mother. What is the current age of the mother?
Found 3 solutions by josgarithmetic, Alan3354, greenestamps:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
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w, mother, the woman
d, daughter
system%28w=d%2B21%2Cd-11=%282%2F3%29%28w-11%29%29

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w=74

Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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A woman is currently 21 years older than her daughter.
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"currently" is not needed.
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A woman is 21 years older than her daughter.
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People add "currently" for no good reason.
"What is your current location? ----> What is your location? or --- Where are you?
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Using words that are superfluous doesn't make you sound smarter. Just the opposite.

Answer by greenestamps(13203) About Me  (Show Source):
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The difference in their ages is 21 years.

So when the daughter was 2/3 the age of her mother, their ages were 2*21=42 and 3*21=63.

That was 11 years ago, so their current ages are 42+11=53 and 63+11=74.

ANSWER: The mother is 74.