Question 253939: a mother who is 40 years old has a 10 year old daughter. In how many years will the mother be three times as old as the daughter? Found 2 solutions by richwmiller, dabanfield:Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! the mother is getting younger.
now she is 40 times in 5 years she will be only three times as old as her daughter
(40+x)=3(10+x)
40+x=30+3x
10=2x
5=x
How long before she is only twice as old?
same equation but with a 2 instead of 3
(40+x)=2(10+x)
40+x=20+2x
20=x
mom will be 60 and daughter will be 30
I joke with my kids that someday we will be the same age.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! a mother who is 40 years old has a 10 year old daughter. In how many years will the mother be three times as old as the daughter?
You may edit the question. Maybe convert formulae
Let x be the number of years when the mother's age will be 3 times the daughters.
Then:
40 + x = (10 + x) * 3
40 + x = 30 + 3x
2x = 10
X = 5
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