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Question 604904: This is for extra credit college algebra and I am having trouble with it. can you help, not solve?
My Grandfather, James, lived to be fairly old. His was considered to be a child for one-sixth of his life. He shaved after one-twelfth more. Grandpa married my grandmother after one-seventh more of his life, and five years later they had a son (Uncle Thomas). Uncle Thomas lived exactly one half as long as Grandpa. Then Grandpa died four years after Uncle Thomas passed.
How many years did my grandpa (James) live?
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"His was considered to be a child for one-sixth of his life" ___ g/6

"He shaved after one-twelfth more" ____ g/12

"Grandpa married my grandmother after one-seventh more of his life" ___ g/7

"and five years later they had a son (Uncle Thomas)" ___ 5

"Uncle Thomas lived exactly one half as long as Grandpa" ___g/2

"Then Grandpa died four years after Uncle Thomas passed" ___ 4

all of the segments (summed together) equal Grandpa's life, g