Wednesday, February 4, 2009

IN NEED OF A SOLUTION PLEASE....



A mother is 21 years older than the child.




6 years from now the mother will be 5 times as old as the child.
Question : Where's the father? (25 Marks)
Try first, before you check the answer below.-- Whoever calculated this one must be one hell of a mathematician …….



Solution: The mother is 21 years older than the child.

M = C + 21

In 6 years from now the mum will be 5 times as old as the child.

M + 6 = (C + 6) x 5Hence, C + 21 + 6 = (C + 6) x 5C + 27 = 5C + 30-3 = 4CC = -3/4

The child is -3/4 years old.

A year has 12 months

And 3/4 of a year is 9 months-3/4 years is -9 months

So the child is -9 months old.

Therefore, the child will be born in 9 months.

Thus.. by mathematical deduction...

Right now, the father is on top of the mother!

Lol!

Thanx BJ!

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