SOLUTION: Tommy is 4 years older than his sister, Candace. The product of their ages is 96. How old is Tommy?
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Question 1001375: Tommy is 4 years older than his sister, Candace. The product of their ages is 96. How old is Tommy?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Tommy is years older than his sister, Candace.
....eq.1
The product of their ages is :
....eq.2
from eq.1 and eq.2 we have
solutions:
if =>
if =>...disregard negative solution, we are looking for age
so, =>Candace
....eq.1
.... Tommy is years old
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