document.write( "Question 983410: Kate's father is 3 years more than twice as old as Kate. The product of their ages in years is 560. How old is Kate? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #604195 by josgarithmetic(39618)\"\" \"About 
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y, father
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\n" ); document.write( "Factoring should be possible but general solution formula might be more comfortable than checking for the combinations.\r
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