SOLUTION: Nancy age is square of Paeng's age. in seven years Nancy will be 1 year older than twice Paeng's age at that time. find the age of nancy

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Question 1121772: Nancy age is square of Paeng's age. in seven years Nancy will be 1 year older than twice Paeng's age at that time. find the age of nancy
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Their current ages are x and x^2.

In 7 years, their ages will be x+7 and x^2+7.

Write and solve the equation that says
"Nancy's age 7 years from now is (will be) equal to 1 more than 2 times Paeng's age then"

This will be a quadratic equation with two solutions, one of which is negative. Of course, since ages are positive numbers, you need to choose the positive solution.