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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?

Submitted by Federico Kereki

Rating: 3.0000 (7 votes)

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66 and 6 years old. The first year he was 61 and the kid was 1.

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Subject	Author	Date
Solution	Math Man	2013-12-14 11:42:04
Ante-deluvian alternatives	Dej Mar	2011-04-18 06:42:22
Puzzle Solution	K Sengupta	2007-08-13 03:59:07
Into the second age	Dej Mar	2007-05-15 02:46:48
re: Solution	david	2004-09-29 14:11:11
nice	alex	2004-09-19 01:37:28
chart	Charlie	2004-08-31 10:27:05
Solution	nikki	2004-08-31 09:30:39
Solution	Juggler	2004-08-31 09:20:43
Solution	Eric	2004-08-31 08:59:59

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