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document.write( "June is 1 year younger than her husband Lee. The product of there ages is 650. How old is each?\r
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document.write( "x(x+1)=650
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Algebra.Com's Answer #69424 by scott8148(6628)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! you are looking for two factors of 650 that are 1 apart\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "65 and 10? no ... 50 and 13? no ... but half of 50 is 25 and twice 13 is 26 ...BINGO!\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the ages are 25 and 26\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "looking for factors that are close together, sometimes the square root helps ... the square root of 650 is 25 and a fraction \n" ); document.write( " |