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Age Progression (Posted on 2017-01-16) Difficulty: 2 of 5
Today the integer ages of brothers Alex, Bert, and Carl form an arithmetic progression.

Two months later, after Alex's birthday, the ages form a geometric progression.

Is Alex the oldest, youngest, or middle child?

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the cases -- to age 100 Comment 3 of 3 |
oldest 1 2 3
youngest 3 6 9
oldest 4 6 8
youngest 8 12 16
oldest 9 12 15
youngest 15 20 25
oldest 16 20 24
youngest 24 30 36
oldest 25 30 35
youngest 35 42 49
oldest 36 42 48
youngest 48 56 64
oldest 49 56 63
youngest 63 72 81
oldest 64 72 80
youngest 80 90 100
oldest 81 90 99

DefDbl A-Z
Dim crlf$


Private Sub Form_Load()
 Form1.Visible = True
 
 
 Text1.Text = ""
 crlf = Chr$(13) + Chr$(10)
 
 For x = 1 To 100
 For y = x + 1 To 100
  DoEvents
   d = y - x
   z = y + d
   xp = x + 1: yp = y + 1: zp = z + 1
   sq = xp * z
   If y * y = sq Then Text1.Text = Text1.Text & "youngest " & x & Str(y) & Str(z) & crlf
   sq = x * z
   If yp * yp = sq Then Text1.Text = Text1.Text & "middle " & x & Str(y) & Str(z) & crlf
   sq = x * zp
   If y * y = sq Then Text1.Text = Text1.Text & "oldest " & x & Str(y) & Str(z) & crlf
 Next y
 Next x
 
 Text1.Text = Text1.Text & crlf & " done"
  
End Sub


  Posted by Charlie on 2017-01-16 16:01:35
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