SOLUTION: The ages of three family children can be expressed as consecutive integers. The square of the age of the youngest child is 4 more than eight times the age of the oldest child. Fi

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Question 1169215: The ages of three family children can be expressed as consecutive
integers. The square of the age of the youngest child is 4 more than
eight times the age of the oldest child. Find the ages of the three
children.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
10, 11, 12


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n%5E2=4%2B8%28n%2B2%29
n%5E2=8n%2B16%2B4
n%5E2-8n=20
n%28n-8%29=20=10%2A2

highlight%28n=10%29, and the other two follow.