document.write( "Question 1131024: Can a parent ever be exactly twice as old as his or her child? Explain. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #747661 by ikleyn(52781)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! .\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let me tell you even more:\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( " (Almost) every parent (under reasonable assumptions) once is exactly twice as old as his or her child.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Indeed, if the parent brought a child when the parent was X years old,\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "then after X years the parent will be 2X years old, while the child (the son or the daughter) will be X years old \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "with the ratio of ages exactly 2.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The natural condition of feasibility is that they both are live at their corresponding ages.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |