Question

please help me to solve this word problems leading to quadratic equation: A girl is 6 years younger than her brother. the product of their age is 135. find their ages.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Brother is 70.5 and sister is 64.5

Step-by-step explanation:

you will need to set up a simple equation and give out variables.

Girls age = 6-x

Brother's age= x

the you will take those 2 and add them and place them equal to 135:

6-x+x=135

6-2x+6=135+6

The 6 cancels out

2x=141

2x/2=141/2

x=70.5

The brother's age would be 70.5 then and the girl's would be 64.5