document.write( "Question 1168683: Kerwins father is 4 years more than five times as old as him.the product og their ages in years is 204.how old is kerwin? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Kerwin's father is 4 years more than five times as old as him*. The product of their ages in years is 204. How old is Kerwin?
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "k, Kerwin
\n" ); document.write( "f, his father\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"system%28f=4%2B5k%2Ckf=204%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The substitution and algebra steps should bring to \"5k%5E2%2B4k-204=0\";\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Discriminant is ,..... \"64%5E2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"k=%28-4%2B64%29%2F%282%2A5%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28k=6%29\"-------Kerwin's age now\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "From that, Father's age is \"highlight%2834%29\".
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