The sum of the ages of a woman and her daughter is 46years.In 4 years, the ratio of their ages will be 7:2. Find their present ages.

Answer 1

If you setup algebra equations for this problem, you can solve for the equations and get their ages.

Do you know what the algebra would look like?

Answer 2

w+d = 46
(w+4)/(d+4) = 7/2

Now just solve for w and d.