document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1101480>Question 1101480</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> There are 5 children in the Yoshida Family. The youngest is in the third grade. The oldest is twice as old as the youngest. The Triplets are 4 years younger than  the oldest. the product of all the childeren's age is 221,184. how old each child?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x be the age of the triplets; then the ages of the oldest and youngest are x+4 and x-4.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the product of all the ages is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28x%5E3%29%28x%2B4%29%28x-4%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28x%5E3%29%28x%2B4%29%28x-4%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "That product is very close to x^5; so use a calculator or do some estimation to find a value of x for which x^5 is close to 221,184.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=221184%5E%281%2F5%29+=+11.72 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"221184%5E%281%2F5%29+=+11.72\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > approximately; so x should be 12.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now check: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2812%5E3%29%288%29%2816%29+=+221184 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2812%5E3%29%288%29%2816%29+=+221184\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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