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document.write( "I have this age problem that is really complicated. I looked at some previous lessons and wasn't able to find an example that helped. Here it is:\r
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document.write( "The age of Diophantus, a brilliant Greek mathematician of about 250 A.D., may be calculated from an epitaph which reads as follows: Diophantus passed one sixth of his life in childhood, one twelfth in youth, and one seventh more as a bachelor; five years after his marriage was born a son who died four years before his father at half his father's final age.\r
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document.write( "Thank you! \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #744832 by ikleyn(52782)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! . \n" ); document.write( "It was solved many times in this forum.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "See, for example, the link\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/age/Age_Word_Problems.faq.question.1063777.html\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/age/Age_Word_Problems.faq.question.1063777.html\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |