Amazing Puzzle!!

Mandy is 21 years older than her son . In 6 years from now Mandy will be 5 times as old as her son.

Question: Where's Mandy's Husband right now?

There is a mathematical solution for this. Try to answer this question and put your answer in the comments.

Scratch your brains, if you are tired , check out the answer here

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posted on Friday, February 24, 2006 10:14 AM

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# re: Amazing Puzzle? 2/24/2006 9:33 PM Lorin

Doesn't seem that amazing:

m=s+21
m=24+5*s

Taking out m entirely,

s+21=24+5*s
s=3+5*s
s=-3/5
s=-0.6 years old, which is 219 days before birth, which means he's about half an inch long, and attached to a uterine wall.

Although I haven't looked up the answer, so maybe I've missed something amazing here!

# re: Amazing Puzzle!! 2/25/2006 5:38 PM My IP Address

I guess your mathematics messed up somewhere Lorin!!

# re: Amazing Puzzle!! 4/25/2006 12:01 PM rajat Kheria

in bed with mandy... ;)

# re: Amazing Puzzle!! 8/11/2009 2:15 AM daniel

m =s+21 ... 1
m+6 =5(s+6) ... 2

substituting 1 in 2
s+21+6 = 5s+30
4s = 27-30 = -3
s = -¾
which means three quarters of a year or nine months before birth. this again means the baby is in the process of conception. mandy's husband is with her and they just had sex.

# re: Amazing Puzzle!! 8/11/2009 2:19 AM daniel

@lorin
your math's got to be the worst. how could you reduce -
s=3+5*s to s=-3/5 ? when it clearly says 5s-s = -3
or 4s = -3? so your conclusion s = -3/5 is absolutely wrong. check my previus comment.

# re: Amazing Puzzle!! 1/26/2011 11:53 AM Master

M = S + 21 ----------> (1)
M + 6 = (S + 6) * 5
M = 5 * (S + 6) - 5
M = 5S + 30 - 5
M = 5S + 25
M = S + 21 -----------> from (1)
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then,
5S + 25 = S + 21
4S = 21 - 25
S = -4/4 = -1

so Mandy's husband has just married.

Aboo S

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