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document.write( "Vijay is x years old and his father is nine times the square of vijay's age. Thirty-two years hence,his father's age will be double of his age then. Find their present ages. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "F = 9x^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "F+32 = 2*(x+32) = 2x+64 --> F = 2x+32<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9x^2 = 2x + 32<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x^2 - 2x - 32 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-2)*(9x + 16) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 2, -16/9  *** Ignore the negative solution.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "F = 36<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thirty-two years hence, his father's age will be double of his age then.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Not clear when \"then\" is. </SPAN>\n" );
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