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Math navy Posted 8 years ago
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my mother was 27 when she had me.
8 years ago she was twice as old as I will be in five years time.
how old am I now?
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Use trial and error and hone the starting number. I started with '21' and then changed to lower numbers to get closer to the sum working. If I am nine, my mother is 36.
- Use trial and error and hone the starting number.
- I started with '21' and then changed to lower numbers to get closer to the sum working.
- If I am nine, my mother is 36.
- Eight years ago she was 28 - which is twice as old as I will be in five years' time.
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Use trial and error and hone the starting number. I started with '21' and then changed to lower numbers to get closer to the sum working.
If I am nine, my mother is 36. Eight years ago she was 28 - which is twice as old as I will be in five years' time.
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