document.write( "Question 523848: I've spent a quarter of my life as a boy, a sixth of my life as a young man, half my life as a middle age man; all these years I spent in my native country. Now you must add the past six years I've spent as a new immigrant. How old is he?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "1/4 of x = time as a boy
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\n" ); document.write( "1/2 of x = middle age\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I'm not sure want to do next. Can you help me please?
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I've spent a quarter of my life as a boy, a sixth of my life as a young man, half my life as a middle age man; all these years I spent in my native country. Now you must add the past six years I've spent as a new immigrant. How old is he?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "1/4 of x = time as a boy
\n" ); document.write( "1/6 of x = young man
\n" ); document.write( "1/2 of x = middle age
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\n" ); document.write( "x = x/4 + x/6 + x/2 + 6
\n" ); document.write( "x = (3x + 2x + 6x)/12 + 6
\n" ); document.write( "12x = 11x + 72
\n" ); document.write( "x = 72\r
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