document.write( "Question 627671: a woman is 4 times older than her daughter, 6 years ago the product of their ages was 136. find their present age \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "a woman is 4 times older than her daughter's age\"highlight%28x%29\" , 
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document.write( "6 years ago the product of their ages was 136.
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document.write( "Question states***  6 years ago...
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document.write( " (x-6)(4x-6) = 136
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document.write( "  4x^2 -30x + 36 = 136
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document.write( "  4x^2 -30x - 100 = 0
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document.write( "  2x^2 - 15x - 50 = 0
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document.write( "\"x+=+%28-b+%2B-+sqrt%28+b%5E2-4%2Aa%2Ac+%29%29%2F%282%2Aa%29+\"
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document.write( "\"x+=+%2815+%2B-+sqrt%28625+%29%29%2F%284%29+\"
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document.write( "\"x+=+%2815+%2B-+25%29%2F%284%29+\"
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document.write( "    x = 10,  throwing out the negative solution for age
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document.write( " daughter is 10 and her mother is 40   \"4%2A10\"\r
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document.write( "and... 6 years ago...checking our answer
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document.write( " \"4%2A34+=+136\"\r
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