SOLUTION: Nobody knows how old Aunt Helen is nut she gave a few hints. She passed 1/20 of her life before she started school. She spent 3/20 of her life in school; She worked for 1/10 of he

Question 550016: Nobody knows how old Aunt Helen is nut she gave a few hints. She passed 1/20 of her life before she started school. She spent 3/20 of her life in school; She worked for 1/10 of her life before she got married. She was married for 2/5 of her life. Her husband died after 7/10 of her life. From reading uncle Harry's gravestone you find out that she has been a widow for 24 years. How old is aunt Helen?
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She passed 1/20 of her life before she started school.
She spent 3/20 of her life in school;
She worked for 1/10 of her life before she got married.
She was married for 2/5 of her life.
Her husband died after 7/10 of her life.
From reading uncle Harry's gravestone you find out that she has been a widow for 24 years.
How old is aunt Helen?
:
Let a = Helen's present age
:
From the statement "Her husband died after 7/10 of her life."
and
"she has been a widow for 24 years." (we can ignore the other statements);
a = a + 24
a - a = 24
a = 24
3a = 10*24
3a = 240
a = 240/3
a = 80 yrs old is Helen

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