document.write( "Question 1199782: Ethan is older than Jordan. Their ages are consecutive integers. Find Ethan’s age if the sum of the square of Ethan’s age and 4 times Jordan’s age is 56 \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "    E^2 + 4*(E-1) = 56\r\n" );
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document.write( "    E^2 + 4E - 4 = 56\r\n" );
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document.write( "    E^2 + 4E = 56 + 4 = 60\r\n" );
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document.write( "    E^2 + 4E + 4 = 60+4 = 64\r\n" );
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document.write( "    (E+2)^2 = 64\r\n" );
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document.write( "     E + 2 =  = 8\r\n" );
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document.write( "     E = 8 - 2 = 6.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  Ethan is 6 years old.\r\n" );
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