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Question 1057028: a child is 15 years old and his mother is 38 years in what year was the product of their ages 78? solve by using quadratic equation.
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, MathTherapy:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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There's no integer solution.
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If the ages are fractions of years then the birthdays have to be taken into account.

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a child is 15 years old and his mother is 38 years in what year was the product of their ages 78? solve by using quadratic equation.
highlight_green%28matrix%281%2C3%2C+12%2C+years%2C+ago%29%29, when the child was 3, and the mother, 26.