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One year ago a man was eight times old as his son . Now his age is equal to the square of his son's age . Represent this situation in form of a quadratic equation

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Let the present age of man be

x^{2}

His son age is

x

One year ago, his age is

x^{2} - 1

His son age is

x - 1

According to question

x^{2} - 1 = 8 (x - 1) x^{2} - 8 x + 7 = 0

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Question Text	One year ago a man was eight times old as his son . Now his age is equal to the square of his son's age . Represent this situation in form of a quadratic equation
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One year ago a man was eight times old as his son . Now his age is equal to the square of his son's age . Represent this situation in form of a quadratic equation

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