SOLUTION: simon's age plus his father's age gives you his grandfather's age exactly. Simon's grandfather is three times as old as simon and twice as old as simon's father. What are their age

Question 1143941: simon's age plus his father's age gives you his grandfather's age exactly. Simon's grandfather is three times as old as simon and twice as old as simon's father. What are their ages
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The problem is faulty....

Suppose x is the grandfather's age. Then simon's age is 1/3 of x and simon's father's age is 1/2 of x.

Then the conditions say

Obviously nonsense....
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