A mother is twice as old as her daughter

MATHEMATICS · Multi-part · CBSE · Mathematics · Quadratic Equations · Quadratic Equations

Problem

A mother is twice as old as her daughter. Four years ago, the product of their ages was 160160 years. (i) Taking the daughter’s present age to be xx years, form a quadratic equation in xx that models the given situation. (ii) Solve the equation to find the present ages of the mother and the daughter.

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