document.write( "Question 1174302: Tom is 4 years older than his brother, Ray. The product of their ages is 45. Find the age of each brother. \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #799726 by ewatrrr(24785) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "Let x be Ray's age\r\n" );
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document.write( " x(x+4) = 45\r\n" );
document.write( " x^2 + 4x -45 = 0\r\n" );
document.write( " (x-5)(x+9) = 0    Tossing out the negative value for age\r\n" );
document.write( "   x = 5, Ray's age\r\n" );
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document.write( "   Tom is 9\r\n" );
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document.write( "  5*9 = 45 checks\r\n" );
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