If zeba were younger by 5 years than what she really is then the square of her age would have been 11 more than five times her actually age. What is her age now?
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Let Zeba’s age = x
According to the question,
[tex]\sf\bold{(x-5)²=11+5x}[/tex]
[tex]\sf\bold{x²+25-10x=11+5x}[/tex]
[tex]\sf\bold{x²-15x+14=0}[/tex]
[tex]\sf\bold{x²-14x-x+14=0}[/tex]
[tex]\sf\bold{x(x-14)-1(x-14)=0}[/tex]
[tex]\sf\bold{x=1 or x=14}[/tex]