One year ago, a man was 8 times as old as his son. His present age is equal to the
square of his son's age. Frame a quadratic equation and find their present ages.
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Let the present age of the son be x years. It is given that one year ago; a man was 8 times as old as his son. If x = 1, then x2 = 1, which is not possible as father's age cannot be equal to son's age. So, x = 7.
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Let the present age of the son be x years. It is given that one year ago; a man was 8 times as old as his son. If x = 1, then x2 = 1, which is not possible as father's age cannot be equal to son's age. So, x = 7.
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