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Given data:
The given age of Tom is T=P+26.
The expression for the product of their ages is TxP=560.
Substitute (P+26) for T in the second expression.
[tex]\begin{gathered} (P+26)P=560 \\ P^2+26P-560=0 \\ P^2+40P-14P-560=0 \\ P(P+40)-14(P+40)=0 \\ (P+40)(P-14)=0 \\ P=-40,\text{ 14} \\ P=14 \end{gathered}[/tex]Thus, the age of Paul is 14 years.
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