chichigrande Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 A 30 year old man married a 25 year old woman. She died at age 50 and her husband was so devastated that he cried for years. Ten years after he stopped crying, he died. If he had lived to be 80, how many years was he a widower? If you already know the answer, please don't answer it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeOptimist Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 Twenty-five years. (hope my math skills didn't let me down ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Op Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 His wife died when he was 55, and was widowed for 15 years until he remarried at age 70, 10 years before his death. Guess my old friend math helped me out on this one. Blast you Nathan, you beat me to it!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chichigrande Posted January 23, 2004 Author Share Posted January 23, 2004 Yup, 25 years was correct.Hmmm... we need some harder riddles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
av_nefardec Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 Is that a riddle or a math problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKen132 Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 Heh, here's a math problem I found in one of my old tests (tomorrow is my precalc final)If 10^a=16 and 10^b=3 then find x and y in terms of a and bi.) 48=10^xii.)4=10^yThis may be better suited for HoI, but oh well . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkT Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 x = a + b; y = 0.5aMore, more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
av_nefardec Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 How about in HoI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKen132 Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 This may be better suited for HoI, but oh well . Sorry, I had to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akya Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 what's HoI ?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKen132 Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 Hall of Intellectuals A great place, just needs more topics . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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