mrminion21
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  • 08-12-2019
  • Mathematics
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Mother is m years old, and she is four times as old as her daughter. How much older is the mother than her daughter?

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sqdancefan
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  • 08-12-2019

Answer:

  (3/4)m

Step-by-step explanation:

Let d represent the daughter's age. Then the problem statement tells us ...

  m = 4d

Solving for d, we get ...

  d = m/4

Then the difference in their ages is ...

  m - d = m - (m/4) = (3/4)m . . . the difference in ages

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