. Aftab tells his daughter, "Seven years ago, I was seven times as old as you were then.
Also, three years from now, I shall be three times as old as you will be." (Isn't this
interesting?) Represent this situation algebraically and graphically.
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let the father be x
let the daughter be y,
seven years back,
aftab=x-7
daughter=y-7
(x-7)=7(y-7)[give in question]
x-7=7y-49
x-7y=-42........(1)
Three years after,
aftab=x+3
daughter=y+3
x+3=3(y+3)
x-3y=6........(2)
from 1 and 2,
x-7y=-42
x-3y=6
(-) (+) (-)
________
-4y=-48
y=12
daugther=12
x=6+36=42
father=42
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