Question

ls the following situation possible? lf so determine their present ages . The sum of the ages of two friends is two friends is 20 years .four years ago the present of their ages in years was 48 .​

Answer 1

Answer:

hey mate here is your ans.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the age of one friend be

and the age of another friend will be:

4 years ago, their ages were,

and

.

According to the question, the product of their ages in years was 48.

or

Now, comparing to get the values of

.

Discriminant value

As

.

Therefore, there are no real roots possible for this given equation and hence,

This situation is NOT possible.

Answer 2

Answer:

I think that it is not possible to solve this situation