document.write( "Question 892909: Paul was a child for 1/12 of his life a child for 1/6 of his lifeand a bachelor
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document.write( "The problem isn't stated correctly or completely:\r\n" );
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document.write( "That has him being a chid for both 1/12 and 1/6 of his life.\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "3 years after his marriage he had a daughter
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document.write( "This doesn't tell us how old his daughter was when she had the son.\r\n" );
document.write( "It would make 10 years difference in the man's age if she were 20 \r\n" );
document.write( "or 30 then.  We would have to know that to work the problem.\r\n" );
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document.write( "copying it carefully, then we can halp you.  There is not enough \r\n" );
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