Answer: 26 years.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x = current age of Louise (in years).
Then current age of James = x+6
Eight years from now, James's age = x+6+8= x+14
4 years ago, Louise's age = x-4
According to the question
x+14 = 4(x-4)
⇒ x+14 = 4x-16
⇒ 4x-x = 16+14
⇒ 3x = 30
⇒ x= 10 = current age of Louise (in years).
current age of James = 10+6 = 16 years
Sum of current ages = 16+10=26 years.
hence, the sum of the current ages is 26 years.
Answer:
x = 1 ±√89
Step-by-step explanation:
We have the equation:
(x+7)(x-9) = 25
Using distributive property:
x(x-9) + 7(x-9) = 25
x²- 9x + 7x - 63 -25 = 0
x²- 2x - 88 = 0
To complete squares we need to add and subtract 1, as follows:
x²- 2x - 88 +1 -1 = 0
x²- 2x +1 -88 -1 = 0 (this is a perfect square)
(x - 1)² - 89 = 0
Solving for x:
(x - 1)² = 89
x - 1 = ±√89
x = 1 ±√89
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
For this sort of problem, there can be an infinite number of answers.
It can be convenient to choose one of the simpler answers by looking at the operations that are performed on the variable. Here, you have ...
- 2 multiplies it
- 4 is added to the product
- the square root is taken
- 8 is divided by that root
You can work from the bottom up and define the outer function (f(x)) to be any of these operations. In our answer above, we have elected to include the "square root" and the "8 divided by that root" in our definition of f.
Then our function g takes care of the other operations.
