Question 70205: A man passes one-ninth of his life in childhood, one-twelfth in youth, and one- third in a childless marriage. But after ten years of marriage, the couple had a child. After attaining one-fourth of her fathers life, the chaos of seemingly random universe of took the child, leaving the man to spend his last 6 years solving algebraic word problems. WHat is the mans final age?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A man passes one-ninth of his life in
childhood, one-twelfth in youth, and
one- third in a childless marriage. But after
ten years of marriage, the couple had a
child. After attaining one-fourth of her
fathers life, the chaos of seemingly
random universe of took the child, leaving
the man to spend his last 6 years solving
algebraic word problems. WHat is the man's
final age?
You can ignore everything but these words:
A man passes.....one-third (of his life) in
a childless marriage. But after ten years
of marriage, the couple had a child.
Let L = his final age, i.e., his life in years.
(1/3)L = 10
Multiply both sides by 3
L = 90
The rest doesn't matter, The man's final age
is 90.
Edwin
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