indianarchie Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Prove The Logic---------------The mother is 21 years older than the child. In 6 years from now the mother will be 5 times as old as the child. Question : Where's the father? Try first, before you check the answer below! Solution : ----------The mum is 21 years older than the child. M = C + 21 In 6 years from now the mum will be 5 times as old as the child. M + 6 = 5 Hence, C + 21 + 6 = (C + 6) x 5 C + 27 = 5C + 30 -3 = 4C C = -3/4 The child is -3/4 years old, i.e. it will be born in 9 months. So right now, the father is on top of the mother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispy Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Hehe, good one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheezus420 Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 LOL, finally getting some good use out of algebra, huh... HEHEHE Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron_ Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Good one!I must say I'm tired and I didn't try, just went down to the solution. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saprouzy Posted August 20, 2005 Share Posted August 20, 2005 In 6 years from now the mum will be 5 times as old as the child. M + 6 = 5should be M + 6 = 5 (C + 6)good one but not better than my HILARIOUS joke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arvindK Posted August 20, 2005 Share Posted August 20, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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