John is FIVE years older than Peter.Twice the product of their ages FIVE years ago is 100 more than product of their present ages.Find the present ages of John and Peter.
J = John´s present age
P = Peter´s present age
John is five years older than Peter mean:
J = P + 5
Five years ago John was J - 5 yrs old , Peter was P - 5 yrs old.
Twice the product of their ages five years ago is 100 more than product of their present ages mean:
2 ∙ ( J - 5 ) ∙ ( P - 5 ) = 100 + J ∙ P
Replace J = P + 5 in this equation.
2 ∙ ( P + 5 - 5 ) ∙ ( P - 5 ) = 100 + ( P + 5 ) ∙ P
2 ∙ P ∙ ( P - 5 ) = 100 + ( P + 5 ) ∙ P
2 ∙ P ∙ P - 2 ∙ P ∙ 5 = 100 + P ∙ P + P ∙ 5
2 P² - 10 P = 100 + P² + 5 P
Subtract P² to both sides
P² - 10 P = 100 + 5 P
Subtract ( 100 + 5 P ) to both sides
P² - 10 P - ( 100 + 5 P ) = 0
P² - 10 P - 100 - 5 P = 0
P² - 15 P - 100 = 0
The solutions are P = - 5 and P = 20
The present ages can't be negative so:
P = 20
J = P + 5 = 20 + 5 = 25
John´s present age = 25
Peter´s present age = 20
Proof:
Five years ago John was 25 - 5 = 20 yrs old , Peter was 20 - 5 = 15 yrs old.
2 ∙ ( J - 5 ) ∙ ( P - 5 ) = 100 + J ∙ P
2 ∙ 20 ∙ 15 = 100 + 25 ∙ 20
600 = 600
Peter is X yrs. old.
John is x+5 yrs. old.
Five yrs. ago:
2(x-5)(x+5-5) = x(x+5) + 100.
2(x-5)x = x^2+5x+100,
2x^2-10x = x^2+5x+100,
x^2-15x = 100,
x^2-15x-100 = 0, -100 = 5*(-20). sum = -15 = B.
(x+5)(x-20) = 0.
x+5 = 0, X = -5.
x-20 = 0, X = 20 yrs. = Peters age.
x+5 = 20+5 = 25 yrs. = John's age.
To find the present ages of John and Peter, we can set up equations based on the given information.
Let's assume that Peter's present age is x years.
Therefore, John's present age would be x + 5 years since John is five years older than Peter.
Now, we need to translate the given information into equations.
"Twice the product of their ages five years ago" can be written as 2(x - 5)(x + 5) since their ages five years ago were x - 5 and x + 5.
"Is 100 more than the product of their present ages" can be written as 2(x)(x + 5) + 100 since their present ages are x and x + 5.
Now, we can set up the equation:
2(x)(x + 5) + 100 = 2(x - 5)(x + 5)
To solve this equation, we can simplify and solve for x:
2x(x + 5) + 100 = 2(x² - 25)
2x² + 10x + 100 = 2x² - 50
Subtracting 2x² from both sides:
10x + 100 = -50
Subtracting 100 from both sides:
10x = -150
Dividing both sides by 10:
x = -15
Since we can't have a negative age, this result doesn't make sense in this context. Therefore, we made a mistake somewhere in our calculations.
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