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The sum of a man's age and his daughter's age is 50 years.Eight years from now, the man will be twice as old as his daughter will be then.Find the present age of each
If you start by asking what the square root of something is you can work your way back to find the answer.
Let the present age of the daughter =D
Her father's age =50 - D
2(D + 8) = (50 - D + 8), solve for D
D = 14 The daughter present age.
50 - 14 = 36 The father's age now, so that:
36 + 8 = 14 + 8
44 and 22 - In 8 years the father will be twice as old as his daughter.
