document.write( "Question 800135: A woman is Q years old while her son is P years old. The sum of their ages is equal to twice the difference of their ages. The product of their ages is 675. Find the equation of their the age of the woman and her son \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #482931 by mananth(16946) You can put this solution on YOUR website! Q+P=2(Q-P)\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Q+P=2Q-2P\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Q-3P=0\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "QP = 675 \n" ); document.write( "Q=675/P\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "---\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Q-3P=0\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "675/p -3p=0\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "675=-3p^2\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "3p^2=675 \n" ); document.write( "/3 \n" ); document.write( "p^2=225\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "p= +/- 15\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Therefore P= 15\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now you can can complete \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |