document.write( "Question 168564: I was talking to a friend Tammy, the middle child of five. She has a younger sister
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document.write( "Tracey, and three brothers Tommy (oldest child), Timmy and Tony (youngest child). I
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document.write( "asked her how old she was, but she hardly ever gives a straight answer. The following is
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document.write( "the conversation we had.
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document.write( "\"How old are you Tammy?\"
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document.write( "\"I am three times as old as Timmy was when Tony was born. Actually, it's funny, but
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document.write( "Timmy's, Tracey's, Tommy's and my ages were all factors of Mum's age when Tony was
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document.write( "born. The only other year where the ages of more than two of us were factors of Mum's
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document.write( "age was when Tracey was half as old as I am now.\"
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document.write( "\"How old is your Mum now?\"
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document.write( "\"There's another funny thing. When Mum turns 50, Tony will be the same age Mum was
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document.write( "when she gave birth to Tommy.\"
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document.write( "Assuming Tammy was talking in terms of whole years, and with my mathematical and reasoning abilities I was able to quickly deduce not just Tammy's age, but all of their ages. So how old are Tommy, Timmy, Tammy, Tracey, Tony and Mum now?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #124325 by Mathtut(3670)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! After alot of processing of factors etc. \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "the ages are \n" ); document.write( "Mum---45 \n" ); document.write( "tommy-25 \n" ); document.write( "timmy-21 \n" ); document.write( "tammy-18 \n" ); document.write( "tracey-16 \n" ); document.write( "tony---15 \n" ); document.write( " |