John and Jivanti together have 45 marbles. Both of them lost 5 marbles each, and the product of the number

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asked Feb 16, 2018 in Mathematics by Kundan kumar (49,132 points) 34 384 1027

John and Jivanti together have 45 marbles. Both of them lost 5 marbles each, and the product of the number of marbles they now have is 128. Form the quadratic equation to find how many marbles they had to start with, if John had x marbles.

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answered Feb 16, 2018 by Vikash Kumar (144,729 points) 8 11 21
 
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Given that John and Jivani together have 45 marbles and John has x marbles

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