document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1145843>Question 1145843</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Rosa is 8 years younger than dale. if the product of their ages is 105,how old is each person </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Tutor @MathTherapy is exactly right about how to solve this... although one number he shows in his explanation is a typo.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you try to solve this problem using formal algebra, you end up with a quadratic equation; to solve that equation by factoring, you need to find two numbers whose product is 105 and whose difference is 8.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "But that's what the original problem requires you to do!<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So there is no point in using formal algebra -- unless this is an assignment where an algebraic solution is required.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Pairs of (whole) numbers whose product is 105:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "105*1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "35*3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "21*5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15*7<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the one for which the difference is 8.... </SPAN>\n" );
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