Given that the woman's age is x.
Let us assume that the brother's age is y.
Given that the brothers age is 4 years older than her.
Then we will rewrite:
y= x+ 4 ................(1)
Also given that the product of their ages is 1020.
Then we will write:
x*y = 1020 ............(2)
Now we will use the substitution method to solve for x and y.
==> x*(x+4) = 1020
==> x^2 + 4x = 1020
==> x^2 + 4x - 1020 = 0
Now we will factor:
==> (x - 30 ) (x+34) = 0
==> x1= 30 ==> y1= 30+4 = 34
==> X2= -34 ( NOT VALID)
Then the woman's age is 30 years old.
The woman is x years old. As her brother is 4 years older than her, his age is x + 4.
The product of their ages is 1020.
So we have x*(x + 4) = 1020
x^2 + 4x = 1020
=> x^2 + 4x - 1020 = 0
=> x^2 + 34x - 30x - 1020 = 0
=> x( x + 34) - 30(x - 34) = 0
=> (x - 30)(x + 34) = 0
x = -34 and x = 30
We can eliminate the negative root.
This gives the age of the woman as 30 years.
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