05-02-2002, 11:58 PM | #31 |
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Actually, that riddle has too many open variables, meaning Johnny can be any age from 1-9:
If he's 1, in 11 years he'll be 12, making his mother and father (at present) 18 and 30. If he's 2, in 11 years he'll be 13, making his mother and father (at present) 19 and 33. . . . If he's 9, in 11 years he'll be 20, making his mother and father (at present) 26 and 54. x=Johnny now, y=Father now x + 11 = (x+17 + y) / 4 4x + 44 = x + 17 + y 3x + 27 = y
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05-03-2002, 06:37 AM | #32 |
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Note: Johnny is 10 soon meaning at the moment he is 9 (This seems to have caused some confusion)
Here's the answer: Mother 26 Father 32 To SixofSpades here is an explaination to the riddle: Right now Johnny is nine years old. That means that he will be 20 years old 11 years from now. If that is half the average age of his parents, at age 20 he will have reached one quarter the combined ages of his mother and father. Therefore the combined ages of both mother and father will be 80 years. Since his mother was seventeen when Johnny was born, she will be 37 when he is 20. Consequently his father will be 43. Today his mother is 26 years old and his father is 32. Here's another riddle: My son Jeff is 24 years younger than me and 35 years older than my grandson, Phillip. Together, all of our ages add up to one hundred. How old are we? Ok then anyone else want to post some feel free to do so PLEEEESE DO!!! [ 05-03-2002, 06:40 AM: Message edited by: Daniel ] |
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