SOLUTION: Sue is 7 years older than her cousin. Their product of their ages are 78. How old are they?

SOLUTION: Sue is 7 years older than her cousin. Their product of their ages are 78. How old are they?

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Question 948251: Sue is 7 years older than her cousin. Their product of their ages are 78. How old are they?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Substituting,

Only the positive solution makes sense here.

So then,

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