document.write( "Question 1134351: Jim is a year older than Colleen and the difference of the squares of their ages is 97. How old is each? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "let Jim's age be \"J\" and Colleens's age \"C\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if Jim is a year older than Colleen, we have \"J=C%2B1\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " and the \"difference\" of the squares of their ages is \"97\", we have\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"J%5E2-C%5E2=97\"...solve for \"C\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"C%5E2=J%5E2-97\"...........substitute \"J=C%2B1\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"C%5E2=%28C%2B1%29%5E2-97\".......solve for \"C\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"C%5E2=C%5E2%2B2C%2B1-97\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"C%5E2=C%5E2%2B2C-96\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"C%5E2-C%5E2-2C%2B96=0\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"-2C%2B96=0\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2C=96\"...simplify\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"C=48\"->Colleens's age
\n" ); document.write( "\"J=48%2B1\"->\"J=49\"->Jim's age\r
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