Asked by Olah

ann is 20 years older than her daughter faye. three years from now she will be six times as old as her daughter. find their present ages

Now 3 years from now
Ann A A+20

Faye 6A 6A+20

My answer is 24 and I'm not sure if it's correct :(

Answers

Answered by Reiny
Just check your answer with the "wording" of the question.
First of all it asked for their present ages, so you would need two numbers.

I assume you are saying, that the mother is 24, then the daughter is 4
Three years from now, Mother would be 27 and daughter would be 7
Is 27 six times 7 ??? , no!

ok, let's do it
Let the daughter's present age be x.
(I usually pick x to represent the smaller value)
then the mom would now be x+20

three years from now:

mom --- x+23
daughter x+3

I said: x+23 = 6(x+3)
x+23 = 6x+18
5x = 5
x = 1

the daughter is now 1, and the mom is 21

check:
in 3 years, daughter will be 4
mom will be 24
is 24 six times 4 ? , YES
We have the right answer.

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