SOLUTION: Halley's Comet appears about every 75 years. One appearance was the year Mark Twain was born. The next appearance was the year he died. The sum of these two years is 3745. In what

Question 106274: Halley's Comet appears about every 75 years. One appearance was the year Mark Twain was born. The next appearance was the year he died. The sum of these two years is 3745. In what year did Mark Twain die?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
given:
Halley's Comet appears about every 75 years.
One appearance was the year Mark Twain was born.
Let this year be
The next appearance was the year he died.
Since Halley's Comet appears about every 75 years, means that Mark Twain lived 75 years too and died in year
The sum of these two years is 3745.

the year Mark twain was born

In year Mark Twain died.

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