document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=244899>Question 244899</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Diophantus spent 1/6 of his life in childhood, 1/12 as a youth, and 1/7 more as a bachelor. 5 years after his marriage was born a son who died 4 years before his father at 1/2 the age at which his father died. How old was Diophantus when he died?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = his final age<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a lengthy but simple equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Final age = child + youth + bach + marriage + son's age + 4 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >x + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >x + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >x + 5 + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >x + 4 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Common denominator of 12*7 = 84<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=14%2F84 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"14%2F84\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >x + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7%2F84 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7%2F84\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >x + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=12%2F84 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"12%2F84\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >x + 5 + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=42%2F84 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"42%2F84\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >x + 4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=75%2F84 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"75%2F84\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >x + 9<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=84%2F84 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"84%2F84\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >x - <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=75%2F84 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"75%2F84\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >x = 9<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=9%2F84 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"9%2F84\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >x = 9<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 84 is his final age<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "14 + 7 + 12 + 5 + 42 + 4 = 84  </SPAN>\n" );
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