Sahra is three times as old as her daughter. If the sum of their age is 32. what is the age of the daughter?

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Destiny Higgins

3 July, 22:15

Sahra is three times as old as her daughter. If the sum of their age is 32. what is the age of the daughter?

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Hamza Trujillo · Answer 1

Answer: 8

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8+8+8+8=32

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Melissa Valentine · Answer 2

So Sahra is 3 times as old as her daugter. That means that the sum of their age is the daughters age times 4.

We can prove that by saying the daughters age is x. Sahra's age must be 3x. Their sum must be x+3x = 4x.

So to get the daughters age we divide the sum by 4, which is 8.