Homework Help: math

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 6:26pm.

Tamara has two sisters. One of her sister is 7 years older than Tamara. The other is 3 years younger than Tamara. The prosuct of Tamara's sister's age is 24. How oold is Tamara?

math - PsyDAG, Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 12:12pm
Let x = Tamara's age.

One sister is x + 7, while the other is x -3.

(x + 7)(x - 3) = 24

Solve for x.

I hope this helps. Thanks for asking.

P.S. Watch out for the typos. They didn't effect this message, but they are likely to effect future ones. DAG

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