25 November 2015

Arithmetic & Algebraic Problems - A SQUARE FAMILY

Question: A man had nine children, all born at regular intervals, and the sum of the squares of their ages was equal to the square of his own. What was the age of each? Every age was an exact number of years.

Answer: The ages of the nine children were respectively 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17,20,23,26, and the age of the father was 48.

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