SOLUTION: Victor is y years old. His brother Fred is four years old than Victor. The product of their ages is 770. a) Set up an equation to represent this information. b) Solve your eq

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Question 906893: Victor is y years old. His brother Fred is four years old than Victor. The product of their ages is 770.
a) Set up an equation to represent this information.

b) Solve your equation from a) to find Victor's age.
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20064) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It is impossible with a whole number of years. 

Proof:

If Victor is 25, then Fred is 29. 

But:

25×29=725, 725 is smaller than 770.

If Victor is 26, then Fred is 30. 

But:

26×30=780, 780 is larger than 770.

Was there a typo?  

Was the product supposed to be 780?

Edwin