SOLUTION: simon's age plus his father's age gives you his grandfather's age exactly. Simon's grandfather is three times as old as simon and twice as old as simon's father. What are their age

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Question 1143941: simon's age plus his father's age gives you his grandfather's age exactly. Simon's grandfather is three times as old as simon and twice as old as simon's father. What are their ages
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The problem is faulty....

Suppose x is the grandfather's age. Then simon's age is 1/3 of x and simon's father's age is 1/2 of x.

Then the conditions say

%281%2F3%29x%2B%281%2F2%29x+=+x
%285%2F6%29x+=+x
%281%2F6%29x+=+0
x+=+0

Obviously nonsense....