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the age of the father is equal to the square of his age of his son..the sum of the age of the father and five times the age of the son is 66 yrs.find therir ages

 the age of the father is equal to the square of his age of his son..the sum of the age of the father and five times the age of the son is 66 yrs.find therir ages

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Sunil Kumar FP
askIITians Faculty 183 Points
9 years ago
let the age of the son be x and the age of the father will be x^2
according to the problem
x^2+5x =66
solve for x using quadratic equation
x=6
son’s age=6 years
and fathers age= 36 years

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