document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=840185>Question 840185</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Amother is 4 times older then her son  5 years ago the product of thier ages was 175  find thier present ages<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #505985 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Alan3354><B>Alan3354(69443)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Alan3354><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Alan3354><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=505985\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Amother is 4 times older then her son  5 years ago the product of thier ages was 175  find thier present ages<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4 times older = 5 times as old.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "M = 5S<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(M-5)*(S-5) = 175<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Sub for M<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(5S-5)*(S-5) = 175<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(S-1)*(S-5) = 35<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " <TR><TD  ALIGN=MIDDLE>Solved by <A  rel=nofollow HREF=http://wiki.algebra.com/index.php/Tutoring_-_pluggable_solvers>pluggable</A> solver: <A  rel=nofollow HREF=solve_quadratic_equation.solver>SOLVE quadratic equation (work shown, graph etc)</A></TD></TR>\n" );
document.write( "<TR><TD  ALIGN=LEFT>Quadratic equation <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (in our case <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1x%5E2%2B-6x%2B-30+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1x%5E2%2B-6x%2B-30+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >) has the following solutons:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5B12%5D+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F2%5Ca ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5B12%5D+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F2%5Ca\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  For these solutions to exist, the <U>discriminant</U> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E2-4ac ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E2-4ac\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > should not be a negative number.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  First, we need to compute the discriminant <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E2-4ac ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E2-4ac\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E2-4ac=%28-6%29%5E2-4%2A1%2A-30=156 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E2-4ac=%28-6%29%5E2-4%2A1%2A-30=156\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  Discriminant d=156 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+x%5B12%5D+=+%28--6%2B-sqrt%28+156+%29%29%2F2%5Ca ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+x%5B12%5D+=+%28--6%2B-sqrt%28+156+%29%29%2F2%5Ca\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5B1%5D+=+%28-%28-6%29%2Bsqrt%28+156+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+9.2449979983984 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5B1%5D+=+%28-%28-6%29%2Bsqrt%28+156+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+9.2449979983984\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "    <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5B2%5D+=+%28-%28-6%29-sqrt%28+156+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+-3.2449979983984 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5B2%5D+=+%28-%28-6%29-sqrt%28+156+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+-3.2449979983984\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    Quadratic expression <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1x%5E2%2B-6x%2B-30 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1x%5E2%2B-6x%2B-30\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > can be factored:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1x%5E2%2B-6x%2B-30+=+%28x-9.2449979983984%29%2A%28x--3.2449979983984%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1x%5E2%2B-6x%2B-30+=+%28x-9.2449979983984%29%2A%28x--3.2449979983984%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "  Again, the answer is: 9.2449979983984, -3.2449979983984.\n" );
document.write( "Here's your graph:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The son is 9.245 years<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Mom is 46.225 years<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The solution is not an integer because the author of the problem doesn't know the difference between 4 times as old and 4 times older.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Is 1 times older the same as 1 times as old?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Is 100% greater 1x as much?  Or 2x?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Don't ever mention \"10 times smaller\" since 1x smaller is zero. </SPAN>\n" );
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