MikaHalpinen Wrote:
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> Let (x) = Dad's age
> Let (y) = Kid's age
>
> x + 5 = 4(y - 1)
> x = 4y - 4 - 5
> x = 4y - 9
>
> x + 5 = 3(y + 6)
> x = 3y + 13
>
>
> 4y - 9 = 3y + 13
> y = 22
> x = 79
>
> the kid is 22?!? what is he, in remedial dumbf**k
> school? Dad popped one into some bird at a decent
> age too by the looks of it
You really need some math lessons. Say the kids age is X. Age of dad is Y.
"In five years time I (meaning the dad, hence Y)" : Y + 5
"... will be four times as old as you were last year" : 4 (X - 1)
So : Y + 5 = 4 (X - 1)
: Y + 5 = 4X - 4
: Y = 4X - 9
So if the kid is 10 his dad is 31. To me the kid looks more like he is 7. Follow that through to the next portion, and it all falls apart anyway.
It is not a riddle, it is a comic.
It's only after we've lost everything, that we are free to do anything.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/02/2009 11:32AM by Morbid.