Topic: Age Problem
nekred's photo
Sun 01/27/08 05:33 PM

Ok People... Heres a riddle who will solve it first... My age today is three times what it will be three years from now minus three times what my age was three years ago. How old am I?

oceangirl2005's photo
Sun 01/27/08 05:35 PM
My brain hurts! lol

shorty_nurse's photo
Sun 01/27/08 05:35 PM
Have a hard enough time keeping track of my OWN age!!laugh

nekred's photo
Sun 01/27/08 05:35 PM
Ok stupid I guess...Heres the answer...

nekred's photo
Sun 01/27/08 05:36 PM
The Answer:

The math way:

X = The current age.

X=3(X+3)-3(X-3)
X=18.

If I was 18 then three times my age three years from now would be 21*3 (63). Three times my age three years ago would be 15*3 (45). Subtract 45 from 63 and I am 18.

shorty_nurse's photo
Sun 01/27/08 05:36 PM
oceangirl, did he just call us stupid???grumble

oceangirl2005's photo
Sun 01/27/08 05:38 PM
lol No, I don't think so. I think he felt it was stupid to post something that made people think. lol I thought it was quite clever!

nekred's photo
Sun 01/27/08 05:38 PM
I meant my riddle was stupid sry lol...

irad8you's photo
Sun 01/27/08 05:38 PM
I am having flashbacks to college algebra, somebody help me lol

shorty_nurse's photo
Sun 01/27/08 05:40 PM
Just kidding nekred:wink:

I read it to my son, the math genius, and he's working on it

I know my meds but math....forget it

shorty_nurse's photo
Sun 01/27/08 05:40 PM
scary memories there irad??

shorty_nurse's photo
Sun 01/27/08 05:42 PM
WOW!

My kid got it!!

Somedays I have to really wonder if they switched babies on me when he was bornlaugh

nekred's photo
Sun 01/27/08 05:44 PM
Now thats funny...But I think we know where the brains came from mom...flowerforyou

shorty_nurse's photo
Sun 01/27/08 05:46 PM
wasn't me....and I know its wasn't his dad!!laugh