SOLUTION: Your mother's friend Agnes was born on September 14, 1932 and died on March 23, 2004. How old was she? She wasn't 72 fyi

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Question 117439: Your mother's friend Agnes was born on September 14, 1932 and died on March 23, 2004. How old was she? She wasn't 72 fyi
Answer by bucky(2189) About Me  (Show Source):
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On September 14, 2002 she was 70 yrs old. That means that on September 14, 2003 she was 71.
If she had lived to September 14, 2004 she would have been 72. But she died in March of 2004.
Therefore, she was about 71 and a half when she checked out.
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