September 18, 2008

Brain Teaser, #3.

If you add the age of a man to the age of his wife, the result is 91. He is now twice as old as she was when he was as old as she is now. How old is the man, and how old is his wife?

9 comments:

  1. VictoriaSeptember 18, 2008 at 3:52 PM

    too confusing.... i tried to figure it out though

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  2. eakosterSeptember 18, 2008 at 4:15 PM

    man 68, wife 45? that is confusing!

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  3. eakosterSeptember 18, 2008 at 4:16 PM

    wait, no that's wrong, i'll try again.

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  4. eakosterSeptember 18, 2008 at 4:19 PM

    okay... he's 60 (and a half) and she's 30 (and a half)

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  5. VictoriaSeptember 18, 2008 at 6:43 PM

    i cheated and found the answer...but i tried to figure it out and i was close hehe

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  6. .mk.September 19, 2008 at 8:22 AM

    the right one's not up yet, i'll give it some more time before posting the answer (if needed).

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 19, 2008 at 10:26 AM

    I tried and tried, but I had to cheat to get the answer.

    Brewers made your Cubs work for it last night.

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  8. eakosterSeptember 19, 2008 at 3:46 PM

    how's that not right? it totally works!

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  9. .mk.September 22, 2008 at 8:37 AM

    husband, 52: wife, 39.

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