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Nick drew Sam’s short straw, so once we were on the boat it was his turn to face a puzzle challenge.
Sam said, “At this very moment a woman is 21 years older than her child. In exactly 6 years from now she will be precisely 5 times older than the child.”
I could see the wheels turning in Nick’s mind.
“The question is this,” Sam said, “where is the father right now?”
Nick paused a second, surprised. But suddenly he relaxed and said, “he’s right next to the mother, I suspect.”
QUESTION: How old is the child right now?
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The child has just been conceived. :) -.75 years old.
The child is 5.4 years old right now.
The child is currently being conceived: -9 months old.
The child is 1. The mother is 29. In six years the child will be 7 and the mother will be 35. 35/7 = 5.
Nevermind, I completely skipped over the mother being 21 years older than the child. The correct answer is:
The child has just been born (if the child was carried for 9 months).
The baby is -0.75, minus 9 months…or in other words, being conceived as we speak.
Tsk tsk.
Hehe. The child is -9 months old…
child is 3
The child is currently 6.75 years old (and the mom is 27.75 years old).
Proof: Let c=child’s age, m=mom’s age
1. m = 21 + c (mom is 21 year’s older than child)
=> 27.75 = 21 + 6.75
=> 27.75 = 27.75 is true
2. m + 6 = 5 * c (mom will be 5 times as old as child’s current age in 6 years)
=> 27.75 + 6 = 5 * 6.75
=> 33.75 = 33.75 is true
-9 months!
-9 months…
I imagine the child is just conceived.
The child is minus nine months old.
The child has just been conceived!
Minus nine months, or in other words, just conceived!
Honestly MOO, your minds are in the gutter! ;)
He has just been conceived (he’s still in his mother belly with nearly one year to go before being born). No wonder why dad is near ;)
The child is -3/4 years old… or, it is 9 months before the child is born. Thus why the father is right next to the mother right now :)
the child is being conceived
It´s nine month before it´s birth. That´s why the father should be right beside the mother ;-)
The child has not yet been born.
9 months old!
three months away from birth
The baby was conceived a month ago…I think.
The child was just conceived, so s/he is -9 months old (or -.75 years old).
woman = Y
child = X
woman is 21 years older: Y = X+21
in 6 years: Y+6 = 5(X+6)
solving:
Y+6 = 5X+30
Y = 5X+24
5X+24 = X+21
-4X = 3
X = -3/4
the child is -3/4 years old. 3/4 of a year is 9 months, so the child is -9 months old… (s)he’s being conceived!
Newborn
Oooh no scratch my last answer. The kid was just concieved.
The child is -.75 years, so it will be born in about 9 months.
How risque! ;)
The child is 9 months before birth (-3/4 of a year), which means that they are doing it right now!
Six and three quarters.
6 years and 9 months old.
wuz up
The child is minus 3/4 of a year, which is near enough to conception as to make Sam’s answer feasible!
The child is currently -0.75, or minus 9 months, or currently being conceived :-)
The child is being born.
The child is -.75 of a year, or -9 months. He’s just been conceived. And that’s why the father is right next to the mother! It all makes sense now!
LOL good question!
-.75yr, or more conventionally, nine months away from birth or right around the time of conception.
9 month before birth
The child has just been conceived and is -9 months old.
the child is conceived at this moment! (it’s -.75 years old, so -9 months!)