(i) One year ago, a man was 8 times as old as his son. Now, his age is equal to the square of his son's age. Find their present ages.
(ii) A man is $3 \frac{1}{2}$ times as old as his son. If the sum of the squares of their ages is 1325, find the ages of the father and the son.
(i)
Let the present age of the son be x years.
∴ Present age of the man = x2 years
One year ago,
Age of the son = (x − 1) years
Age of the man = (x2 − 1) years
According to the given condition,
Age of the man = 8 × Age of the son
$\therefore x^{2}-1=8(x-1)$
$\Rightarrow x^{2}-1=8 x-8$
$\Rightarrow x^{2}-8 x+7=0$
$\Rightarrow x^{2}-7 x-x+7=0$
$\Rightarrow x(x-7)-1(x-7)=0$
$\Rightarrow(x-1)(x-7)=0$
$\Rightarrow x-1=0$ or $x-7=0$
$\Rightarrow x=1$ or $x=7$
∴ x = 7 (Man's age cannot be 1 year)
Present age of the son = 7 years
Present age of the man = 72 years = 49 years
(ii)
Let the age of man be m and the age of son be s
It is given that man is $3 \frac{1}{2}$ times as old as his son.
$\Rightarrow m=3 \frac{1}{2} s$
$\Rightarrow m=\frac{7}{2} s \quad \ldots$ (i)
Also given that
$m^{2}+s^{2}=1325 \quad \ldots \ldots$ (ii)
Put value of (i) in (ii), we get
$\left(\frac{7}{2} s\right)^{2}+s^{2}=1325$
$\frac{\Rightarrow 49 s^{2}+4 s^{2}}{4}=1325$
$53 s^{2}=5300$
$\Rightarrow s^{2}=100$
$\Rightarrow s=\pm 10$
Ignore the negative value
So, the age of son = s = 10 years
Also, from (i) we have
$m=\frac{7}{2} s$
$\Rightarrow m=\frac{7}{2} \times 10$
$\Rightarrow m=35$
So, age of man = 35 years
Age of son = 10 years