Andrew is two years older than Beatrice, and Chris is three years younger than Beatrice. The product of Andrew's age and Chris'
age is 66. How old is Beatrice?
1 answer:
Answer:
9
Step-by-step explanation:
A = B + 2
C = B - 3
A x C = 66
A = Andrew
C = Chris
B = Beatrice
Multiply A and c together
(B + 2) x (b - 3)
b^2 - 3b + 2b - 6
b^2 -b - 6 = 66
b^2 - b - 72 = 0
factors of -72b^2 that add up to - b are -9b + 8b
b^2 + 8b -9b - 72
b (b + 8) -9(b + 8)
b = 9 or - 8
b = 9
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