At an IIM entrepreneurship summit, two young founders - Karan and Deepak -
introduced their startup. In their quirky opening, they said: "The product of our ages is 240.
And just like in our startup strategy, twice Deepak's age is 4 years more than Karan's age."
How old was Deepak two years ago?
🎥 Video solution / Text Solution of this question is given below:
Let Karan’s present age = $K$ years
Let Deepak’s present age = $D$ years
Given:
$K \times D = 240$
and $2D = K + 4 \Rightarrow K = 2D - 4$
Substitute in the first equation:
$(2D - 4)D = 240$
$\Rightarrow 2D^2 - 4D - 240 = 0$
$\Rightarrow D^2 - 2D - 120 = 0$