SOLUTION: mother's age is 2 more than 5 times the age of her daughter now. two years ago, she was 7 times as old as her daughter. how old are they now?
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Question 375744: mother's age is 2 more than 5 times the age of her daughter now. two years ago, she was 7 times as old as her daughter. how old are they now? Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let daughter's age = x now
mother's age = 5x+2
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Agea 2 years ago
daughter = x-2
mother = 5x+2-2=5x
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5x=7(x-2)
5x=7x-14
-5x
0=2x-14
+14
2x=14
/2
x=7 daughter's age now
mother's age = 5x+2 = 5*7 +2= 37
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