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When I met Arati, Bharati and Chitra, their respective ages (in years) were in the ratio 5 : 2 : 1 . Their ages in years now are in the ratio of 10 : 7 : 6 . The sum of the ages is 90 years more than the sum of the ages when I first met them. How old are the three women now?
A Question of Age
Last winter I was in the United Kingdom. Travelling by the train from London to Manchester, I had for company two middle-aged Englishmen who were seated opposite to me. Naturally, they did not speak to me – because we hadn’t been introduced. But I could not help overhearing their conversation.
‘How old is Tracy, I wonder?’ one asked the other. ‘Tracy!’ the other replied ‘Let me see – eighteen years ago he was three times as old as his son.’
‘But now, it appears, he is only twice as old as his son’ said the former.
Age Puzzle
Disha and her friend, Sapna once met at a party. Soon a fight broke out between the two while discussing their ages.
Said Disha,"I definitely am not older than 30!!!"
On hearing that, Sapna snapped back, "You're old enough to be my aunt. I'm exactly 28 and you are not less than 5 years older than I am."
Disha immediately yelled back,"Liar! I'm sure you're at least 29!!"
When did Diophantus Die?
Here is an epitaph of the celebrated Greek mathematician of 250 A.D., Diophantus. Can you calculate his age from this?
DIOPHANTUS PASSED ONE SIXTH OF HIS LIFE IN CHILDHOOD, ONE TWELFTH IN YOUTH, AND ONE SEVENTH MORE AS A BACHELOR; FIVE YEARS AFTER HIS MARRIAGE A SON WAS BORN WHO DIED FOUR YEARS
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I am Vineet Patawari - PGDM (IIM Indore), ACA, B.Com(H). My passion for Mathematics, specially Vedic Maths encouraged me to start QuickerMaths
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