SOLUTION: Can a parent ever be exactly twice as old as his or her child? Explain.

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Question 1131024: Can a parent ever be exactly twice as old as his or her child? Explain.
Found 3 solutions by stanbon, MathTherapy, ikleyn:
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
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Can a parent ever be exactly twice as old as his or her child? Explain.
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Sure. Have a child at age 30. You will be 60 when the child is 30.
Cheers,
Stan H.

Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source):
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Can a parent ever be exactly twice as old as his or her child? Explain.

Yes!
That occurs IN THE YEAR the child reaches the age that the PARENT was when the child was born.

Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source):
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Let me tell you even more:

(Almost) every parent (under reasonable assumptions) once is exactly twice as old as his or her child.

Indeed, if the parent brought a child when the parent was X years old,
then after X years the parent will be 2X years old, while the child (the son or the daughter) will be X years old
with the ratio of ages exactly 2.

The natural condition of feasibility is that they both are live at their corresponding ages.