SOLUTION: A man's boyhood lasted 1/6 of his life,he played football for the next 1/8 of his life and married five years after quitting football. a daughter was born after he had been married

Question 269710: A man's boyhood lasted 1/6 of his life,he played football for the next 1/8 of his life and married five years after quitting football. a daughter was born after he had been married 1/12 of his life. the daughter lived 1/2 as many years as her father. the man died 6 years after his daughter. use a number line. then write an equation and solve
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of years the man was alive
boyhood =
years played football =
years between football and marriage =
years after marriage daughter was born =
years Daughter was alive =
years after daughter died that man died =
------------------------------------------------------
All of this added together is the man's whole lifetime, so

Multiply both sides of equation by

The man lived to be 88 years old
check:

OK
RELATED QUESTIONS
A man's boyhood lasted 1/6 of his life, he played football for the next 1/8 of his life,... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)

Diohantius lived X years. He spent 1/6 of his life in boyhood, and 1/12 of his life as a (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)

A man lived 1/6 of his life as a child. 1/7 of his life as an adolescent and 1/12 of his... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)

math's youth lasted 1/6 of his life he had first beard in the next 1/12th of his life... (answered by Edwin McCravy)

Diophantus's youth lasted one sixth of his life. He grew a beard after one twelfth more. (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)

bobs youth lasted one sixth of his life. he grew a beard after one twelfth more. after... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)

1.Two years ago, Greg was 3 times as old as his brother. In four years, he will be only... (answered by AnlytcPhil)

After death of Diophantus (about 290 A.D.) a famous mathematician, someone described his... (answered by ikleyn)

Bob spent 1/6 of his life as a child, 1/12 as an adolescent, and 1/7 as a bachelor, five... (answered by Theo)