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Party People (Posted on 2003-07-21) Difficulty: 2 of 5
Three people at a party discover that the product of any two of their ages is equal to the year in which the third was born.

What is the most recent year the party could have taken place?

  Submitted by Brian Smith    
Rating: 2.6667 (6 votes)
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Call the year Y and the three ages A, B, and C. Then Y-A=B*C, Y-B=A*C and Y-C=B*A.

Solving these equations yields A=B=C and Y=A^2+A. If A=43 then Y=1849. If A=44 then Y=1936. If A=45 then Y=2025.

1936 is the most recent year before today (2003).

Solution: They were all 44 and the party took place in 1980.

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  Subject Author Date
SolutionSolution[s]Dej Mar2008-02-21 13:24:02
answerK Sengupta2007-10-14 06:20:45
SolutionThe AnswerChris, Phd2004-12-18 05:53:12
solutionsunnyrae2003-07-24 05:49:01
SolutionLonger solutionEnder2003-07-22 07:27:07
SolutionSolutionRob2003-07-21 17:19:53
SolutionsolutionCharlie2003-07-21 12:10:19
SolutionsolutionBryan2003-07-21 09:49:19
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