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Riddles and enigmas
Let's post riddles and enigmas and anything of that kind in this thread.
I'll start with one that some of you may have heard before... it involves maths but it's fun, trust me and try it.
A mother is 21 years older than her child. In 6 years, the child will be 5 times younger than the mother.
Question: where is the father?
(Please don't post the solution here if you know it. PM me)
I'll start with one that some of you may have heard before... it involves maths but it's fun, trust me and try it.
A mother is 21 years older than her child. In 6 years, the child will be 5 times younger than the mother.
Question: where is the father?
(Please don't post the solution here if you know it. PM me)
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Keep trying, Seko.
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Just post the answer with a few [ b ]'s and [ i ]'s warning that the answer is below or something XD
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He's in bed with the mom.
If M is the age of the mother in Years and,
if C is the age of the child in Years then,
M = 21+C
In 6 years, C+6=(M+6)/5
So, 5C+30 = M+6 therefore,
5C+30 = 21+C+6
So, 4C = -3
Therefore, C = -3/4 (of a year, which is -9 months which is conception)
M = 20 1/4.....to confirm, in 6 Years they will be as follows:
C = 5 1/4 and
M = 26 1/4
26 1/4 is exactly 5 times older than 5 1/4.
Simple algebra problem.
If M is the age of the mother in Years and,
if C is the age of the child in Years then,
M = 21+C
In 6 years, C+6=(M+6)/5
So, 5C+30 = M+6 therefore,
5C+30 = 21+C+6
So, 4C = -3
Therefore, C = -3/4 (of a year, which is -9 months which is conception)
M = 20 1/4.....to confirm, in 6 Years they will be as follows:
C = 5 1/4 and
M = 26 1/4
26 1/4 is exactly 5 times older than 5 1/4.
Simple algebra problem.
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Not enough information to the first question...
AND I WANTED TO ANSWER THE SECON'T QUESTION!!!
But i think it would actually be... Oxigen. no wait... you don't eat oxigen...
WIND!!! no.. you don't eat wind...
THE SUN!!!! if you think about it.... cinda.. like.. if you eat a plant, and ten you eat that thing that ate the plant, your eating what the plant ate, wich would be the sun...
but does the sun make mountains crumble.... yea... it makes the snow crumble... so that would make the rocks crumble to.. and stuff..
but does it distroy casteles... well... If a castle gets trampled by an avalanch...
But... can you eat time? so, that means that time isn't the answer...
so... I MUST BE RIGHT!!!
AND I WANTED TO ANSWER THE SECON'T QUESTION!!!
But i think it would actually be... Oxigen. no wait... you don't eat oxigen...
WIND!!! no.. you don't eat wind...
THE SUN!!!! if you think about it.... cinda.. like.. if you eat a plant, and ten you eat that thing that ate the plant, your eating what the plant ate, wich would be the sun...
but does the sun make mountains crumble.... yea... it makes the snow crumble... so that would make the rocks crumble to.. and stuff..
but does it distroy casteles... well... If a castle gets trampled by an avalanch...


But... can you eat time? so, that means that time isn't the answer...
so... I MUST BE RIGHT!!!
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Pie wrote:Not enough information to the first question...
There is... and Stan posted the answer... shoulda paid attention..

Stan wrote:He's in bed with the mom.
If M is the age of the mother in Years and,
if C is the age of the child in Years then,
M = 21+C
In 6 years, C+6=(M+6)/5
So, 5C+30 = M+6 therefore,
5C+30 = 21+C+6
So, 4C = -3
Therefore, C = -3/4 (of a year, which is -9 months which is conception)
M = 20 1/4.....to confirm, in 6 Years they will be as follows:
C = 5 1/4 and
M = 26 1/4
26 1/4 is exactly 5 times older than 5 1/4.
Simple algebra problem.
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