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The age of Diophantus, a
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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:
The age of Diophantus, a
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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:
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.
Thank you! Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, ikleyn:Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = his age
Multiply both sides by
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His son lived to half this age or
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