SOLUTION: My
Grandfather, James, lived to be fairly old. His was considered to
be a child for
one-sixth of his life. He shaved after one-twelfth more. Grandpa married my grandmother a
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Question 610105: My
Grandfather, James, lived to be fairly old. His was considered to
be a child for
one-sixth of his life. He shaved after one-twelfth more. Grandpa married my grandmother after
one-seventh more of his life, and five years later they had a son (Uncle
Thomas). Uncle Thomas lived exactly one half as long as Grandpa. Then
Grandpa died four years after Uncle Thomas passed.How many years did my
grandpa (James) live?
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be a child for one-sixth of his life.
He shaved after one-twelfth more.
Grandpa married my grandmother after one-seventh more of his life, and
five years later they had a son (Uncle Thomas).
Uncle Thomas lived exactly one half as long as Grandpa.
Then Grandpa died four years after Uncle Thomas passed.
How many years did my grandpa (James) live?
:
Let a = Grandpa's age
:
a = a + a + a + 5 + a + 4
Multiply by the LCM (7 * 12 = 84), results:
84a = 14a + 7a + 12a + 84(5) + 42a + 84(4)
84a = 75a + 420 + 336
84a - 75a = 756
9a = 756
a = 756/9
a = 84 yrs grandpa's age when he made his final journey
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