Mary asked John his age and he replied, "Only one hint - reverse my age,divide by three, add 34 and my age is that."
That is the only clue.
2007-09-03 05:41:44 · 9 answers · asked by Chelsea Y 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
reverse my age (Use this phrase to solve.)
reverse the letter "m" right sideways to form the number 3
reverse the letter "g" upside down to form the number 6
gets 36; divide 36/3 = 12; 12 + 34 = 46.
John's age is 46.
(Variation of this would be to reverse the numbers 36 [my age] to 63; then 63/3 = 21; 21 + 34 = 55. John's age is 55.)
2007-09-03 07:42:20 · answer #1 · answered by g p 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It could be a variety of ages as follows
Age is always more than 34 and after reversing must be divisible by 3 so we could have:-
Numbers divisible by 3 =
39, 42, 45, 48, 51. 54, 57, 60, 63, 66, 69, 72, 75. 78, 81, 84, 87, 90, 93, 96 and 99.
So reversed we get
93, 24, 54, 84, 15, 45, 75, 06, 36, 66, 96, 27, 57, 87, 18, 48, 78, 09, 39, 69 and 99.
That gives potential ages, in order, of
34 + 31 = 65
34 + 8 = 42
34 + 18 = 52
34 + 28 = 62
34 + 3 = 37
34 + 15 = 49
34 + 23 = 57
34 + 2 = 36
34 + 12 = 46
34 + 22 =56
34 + 32 = 66
34 + 9 = 43
34 + 19 = 53
34 + 29 = 63
34 + 6 = 40
34 + 16 = 50
34 + 26 = 60
34 + 3 = 37
34 + 13 = 47
34 + 23 = 57
34 + 33 = 67
Hey, here's a clue. I'm one of those ages.
2007-09-03 07:43:20 · answer #2 · answered by quatt47 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Let the age be ab.
ba/3 + 34 = ab
ba + 102 = 3ab
a = 9 doesn't work
a = 8 doesn't work
a + 2 = 3b
b + 10 = 3a = 3(3b - 2) = 9b - 6
16 = 8b
b = 2, a = 4
age 42
2007-09-03 11:55:24 · answer #3 · answered by Beardo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One answer is 42:
24/3= 8
8+32= 42
2007-09-03 07:07:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
42
2007-09-03 06:27:45 · answer #5 · answered by Ian Mc David 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
she still doesn't know his age to start with
2007-09-03 05:51:28 · answer #6 · answered by lek 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unanswerable... it could be a number of things
2007-09-03 06:30:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only an Andromedan? :))
2007-09-03 06:06:45 · answer #8 · answered by drakke1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mary should get a new boyfriend with a loser like john
is that it...........
2007-09-03 05:49:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋