THE SUM OF THE AGES OF A MOTHER AND HER DAUGHTER IS 52 YEARS. EIGHT YEARS AGO, THE MOTHER WAS EIGHT TIMES AS OLD AS HER DAUGHTER. HOW OLD IS THE MOTHER NOW?
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360 years
Step-by-step explanation:
52 multiplied with 8= 416+8= 424
srry I was wrong the first time
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Step-by-step explanation:
Let the mother be x and her daughter be y;
x + y = 52 -(1)
x - 8 = 8 (y - 8) -(2)
From eq. 1;
y = 52 - x -(3)
Put y in eq. 2;
x - 8 = 8 (52 - x - 8)
x - 8 = 416 - 8x - 64
x + 8x = 352 +8
9x = 360
x = 360/9
x = 40
* Mother's age is 40 years.
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