Question

Cynthia's age is 2 years more than twice Bob's age. If the product of their ages is 60, how old is Cynthia?

Answer 1

2B+2=C
BC=60 or C=60/B

2B+2=60/B
solve for B. Looks like a quadratic equation
B^2+ B-30=0 ...
(B+6)(B-5)=0
solutions, B=5, C=12