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Ages (Posted on 2004-08-31)

A man and his grandson have the same birthday. For six consecutive years, the man's age was a exact multiple of the boy's age. How old were they at the last birthday?

See The Solution Submitted by Federico Kereki

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Solution

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61=1*61

62=2*31

63=3*21

64=4*16

65=5*13

66=6*11

Therefore, they are 66 and 6.

Posted by Math Man on 2013-12-14 11:42:04

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