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Question 970133: Jane is five years older than sarah. the product of their ages is 84. how old is each?
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Jane is five years older than sarah. the product of their ages is 84. how old is each?
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Find a pair of factors of 84 that differ by 5.
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1*84 NG
2*42 NG
etc

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