Man life in fraction puzzle
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Man Wrinkle spent one-fourth of his life as a boy, one-eighth as a youth, and one-half as an active man. If Man Wrinkle spent 11 years as an old man,
Then how many years did he spend as an active man?
One fourth of life as boy. So, two eigths.
One eighth as youth.
One half active. Four eigths.
TOTAL is (1+2+4)/8=7/8
Remaining is Old Man = 1/8 = 11.
Therefore, Four eigth ( Active man) is 1/8 *4 = 11*4 = 44.
Done! 🙂
Let x be the total age of the wrinkles of man =x
wrinkle(Boy +youth+active) =7x/8
so old age wrinkle=x-7x/8=x/8
therefore x/8=11
x=88
wrinkles age of active man=x/2=44 years
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