SOLUTION: the sum of the age in years of son and his father is 35 and the product of their age is 150 find their age

Question 1096491: the sum of the age in years of son and his father is 35 and the product of their age is 150 find their age

Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, Alan3354:
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1.
2.
From 1,

Substituting into 2,

Two possible solutions:

and

Checking for F,

Since the father must be older than the son this solution is not valid,.
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.

This solution makes sense,

Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find a pair of factors of 150 with a sum of 35
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1*150 NG
2*75 NG
etc

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