SOLUTION: 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.

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Question 1201324: 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.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
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Jordan, n-1
Ethan, n

n%5E2%2B4%28n-1%29=56
Solve this for n.