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  • 02-07-2018
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elaine's mother is now 38 years old. seven years from now she will be five times as old as elaine will be then. write and solve an equation to find how old elaine is now

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  • 02-07-2018
In seven years her mother will be 38 +7 = 45 years old.

She will be 5 times as old, so divide 45 by 5: 45/5 = 9. Elaine will be 9 years old then, so she is 9-7 = 2 years old now.
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