A boy is twice as old as her sister. Four years hence, the product of their ages (in years) will be 160. Find their present ages.
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A boy is twice as old as her sister. Four years hence, the product of their ages (in years) will be 160. Find their present ages.

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Let the age of sister be x years. It is given in question that the boy is twice as old as her sister. ⇒ Boy's age = 2x Four years hence, the product of their ages = 160 ⇒ (Sister's age + 4) x (Boy's age + 4) = 160 ⇒ (x + 4) (2x + 4) = 160 ⇒ x (2x + 4) + 4 (2x + 4) = 160 ⇒ 2x2 + 4x + 8x + 16 = 160 ⇒ 2x2 + 12x + 16 - 160 = 0 ⇒ 2x2 + 12x - 144 = 0 ⇒ x2 + 6x - 72 = 0 ⇒ x2 + 12x - 6x - 72 = 0 ⇒ x(x + 12) - 6(x + 12) = 0 ⇒ (x + 12)(x - 6) = 0 ⇒ (x + 12) = 0 or (x - 6) = 0 ⇒ x = -12 or x = 6 Since age cannot be negative, ∴ Present age of sister = 6 years Boy's age = 2 x 6 = 12 years Thus, the present age of boy = 12 years and sister = 6 years.

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A boy is twice as old as her sister. Four years hence, the product of their ages (in years) will be 160. Find their present ages.

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