PROBLEMATICAL RECRETIONS

Age Problem

A man passed one sixth of his life in childhood,

one twelfth in youth and one seventh more as a
bachelor. Five years after his marriage, a son
was born who dies four years before his father
at half his father’s final age. What is the
man’s final age?
Solution:
Let x be the final age of the man.
1
Childhood: x
6
1
Youth: x
12
1
Bachelor: x
7
Marriage: 5 (no son)
Son’s age: x/2
After son’s death: 4
1 1 1 x
x+ x+ x+ 5+ +4=x
6 12 7 2
x = 84
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