document.write( "Question 169335: A man passed one-sixth of his life in childhood, one twelfth in youth and one seventh in childless marriage. After 5 years of marriage, the man had a child. Alas! Late - born wretched child; after attaining half her father's life, cruel fate overtook her, leaving the man to spend his last 4 years solving math problems. What was the man's final age?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #124845 by Mathtut(3670)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! lets call age of this man A\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so (1/6)A+(1/12)A+(1/7)A+5+(1/2)A+4=A------->multiply by lcd 84 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "14A+7A+12A+420+42A+336=84A \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "9A=756 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |