A girl is twice as old as her sister. Five years hence, the product of their ages (in years) will be 375. Find their present age
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Answer:
x=0.5355 or x=-6.5355
First step is to: Isolate the constant term by adding 7 to both sides
Step-by-step explanation:
We want to solve this equation:
On observation, the trinomial is not factorizable so we use the Completing the square method.
Step 1: Isolate the constant term by adding 7 to both sides
Step 2: Divide the equation all through by the coefficient of which is 2.
Step 3: Divide the coefficient of x by 2, square it and add it to both sides.
Coefficient of x=6
Divided by 2=3
Square of 3=
Therefore, we have:
Step 4: Write the Left Hand side in the form
Step 5: Take the square root of both sides and solve for x