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4. Ms. Hope is five times as old as her daughter. The sum of their ages is 42. How old is her daughter?
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4. Ms. Hope is five times as old as her daughter. The sum of

their ages is 42. How old is her daughter?

User Yongju Lee
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5x+x=42
X=7
The daughter is 7
Check work 7 times 5 is 35, 35 plus 7 is 42
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