SOLUTION: a child is 15 years old and his mother is 38 years in what year was the product of their ages 78? solve by using quadratic equation.

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Question 1057028: a child is 15 years old and his mother is 38 years in what year was the product of their ages 78? solve by using quadratic equation.
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, MathTherapy:
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There's no integer solution.
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If the ages are fractions of years then the birthdays have to be taken into account.

Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

a child is 15 years old and his mother is 38 years in what year was the product of their ages 78? solve by using quadratic equation.
, when the child was 3, and the mother, 26. 

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