document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1093381>Question 1093381</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> On his last birthday, Grandfather claimed that he had lived 1/7 of his life as a boy, 1/12 as a teenager, 2/3 as a man and spent 9 years in old age. How old was Grandfather on his last birthday? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The answer 84 can be obtained from two of the clues.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/7 of his life as a boy<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/7 x=12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=84\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Teenagers are from 13 to 19 for a total of 7 years<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x/12=7 again 84<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The last two clues are misleading. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "2/3x as a man 2/3(84)=56<BR>\n" );
document.write( "84-56=28 since when does manhood begin at 28?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since when is age 75 the beginning of old age?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "AARP accepts members at age 50.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Retirement with Social Security begins at 67.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A cute puzzle but misleading.\r<BR>\n" );
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