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  1. FireTigeris

    Brain teaser/ math expert help needed!!!!

    Quote: should have added... 13 years ago, smith was 39 and jones 26 duh... didn't see someone already posted the answer while I was calculating... It's ok, I did it wrong so everyone could see. You try doing math on two different cold medications.
  2. FireTigeris

    Brain teaser/ math expert help needed!!!!

    Quote: ok, I was making it less complicated then it was - I should have known not to get a fraction answer.
  3. FireTigeris

    Brain teaser/ math expert help needed!!!!

    Quote: But you can't pick a random time for Smith to be twice as old as Jones, it must be at the same point that Jones is currently = Smith age. Given that Jone's current age is X When Smith age = twice jones age, smith's age = x I said that kinda odd: Hummm- It's like this: When I was...
  4. FireTigeris

    Brain teaser/ math expert help needed!!!!

    Quote: But you can't pick a random time for Smith to be twice as old as Jones, it must be at the same point that Jones is currently = Smith age. Given that Jone's current age is X When Smith age = twice jones age, smith's age = x
  5. FireTigeris

    Brain teaser/ math expert help needed!!!!

    Quote: wait, lets see- but there Smith was never twice Jone's age... 53 & 38 52 & 37 51 & 36 50 & 35 49 & 34 ... 38 & 15 <---- where smith is the same age you say Jones is now...
  6. FireTigeris

    Brain teaser/ math expert help needed!!!!

    Ok, let me try on the net book. I have a kid his age is X I have a cousin's kid who is " (now) twice as old as my kid when she (the cousin's kid) was the age my child is" The combined age is 8. X = my kids age now 2x+x = twice my kids current age plus my kids age= cosin's kids current age =...
  7. FireTigeris

    Brain teaser/ math expert help needed!!!!

    Whoop 22.75 and 68.25
  8. FireTigeris

    Brain teaser/ math expert help needed!!!!

    See above typing on a nook. Smith was twice jones age x years ago unless my cold medsare messing with my head.
  9. FireTigeris

    Brain teaser/ math expert help needed!!!!

    Where X is jones age now and 2x+x is smith age now (Where smith has aged x years from when he was twice jones age) so x+x+2x+x = 91 So 4x = 91. Solve for x, then solve for smith age. EDIT for typos
  10. FireTigeris

    Brain teaser/ math expert help needed!!!!

    22.25 jones and 68.25 smith
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