document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1155134>Question 1155134</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Jess's age is six years less than three times Ethan's age. The product of their ages is 45. What is each of their ages<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let  Ethan's age =x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Jess's age 3x-6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x(3x-6)= 45\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x^2-6x-45=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "divide by 3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2-2x-15=0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x-5)(x+3)=0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=5 or -3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ignore negative\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ethan's age =5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Jess's age 9\r<BR>\n" );
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