document.write( "Question 1030607: The Sum of me and my brother's age is 60.
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document.write( "The product of our age is 891.
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document.write( "Find our ages. \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #645455 by Boreal(15235)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! x+y=60 \n" ); document.write( "xy=891 \n" ); document.write( "x=60-y \n" ); document.write( "so (60-y)*y=891 \n" ); document.write( "60y-y^2=891 \n" ); document.write( "y^2-60y+891=0 \n" ); document.write( "factors of 9/99 don't work but 27 and 33 do \n" ); document.write( "(x-27)(x-33)=0 \n" ); document.write( "one is 27, and the other is 33. \n" ); document.write( " |