document.write( "Question 267975: john spent a quarter of his life growing up as a boy, 1/6 of his life in college and 1/2 of his life as a teacher.He spent his last six years in retirement. How old was he when he died? \n" ); document.write( "
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john spent a quarter of his life growing up as a boy,
\n" ); document.write( " 1/6 of his life in college and 1/2 of his life as a teacher.
\n" ); document.write( "He spent his last six years in retirement.
\n" ); document.write( " How old was he when he died?
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\n" ); document.write( "let a = his age when he died
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\n" ); document.write( "Age = boy + student + teacher + retired
\n" ); document.write( "a = \"1%2F4\"a + \"1%2F6\"a + \"1%2F2\"a + 6
\n" ); document.write( "Multiply by 12 to get rid of the denominators, results
\n" ); document.write( "12a = 3a + 2a + 6a + 12(6)
\n" ); document.write( "12a = 11a + 72
\n" ); document.write( "12a - 11a = 72
\n" ); document.write( "a = 72 his age when he passed away, much missed and remembered, I am sure. \n" ); document.write( "
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