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[[NO]Subedai]

if mary is 5 and jill is 6 years older than mary but brian is 2 years younger than mary yet 1/2 the age of jill, yet john is 8.
but james is older than john but no 3 times the age of mary.
how old is james?

 

[Adari]

14?

It dun make much sense

or I just sook :<

 

[Aybabtu]

He must either be or be between 9 and 14 unless i'm really far out on this one.....


Btw, how can brian both be 2 years younger than Mary(5 years) and still be half the age of Jill(11 years)? Would make him both 3 and 5½...

 

[yaruar]

if mary is 5 and jill is 6 years older than mary but brian is 2 years younger than mary yet 1/2 the age of jill, yet john is 8.
but james is older than john but no 3 times the age of mary.
how old is james?

I dunno, but I really think you should change your medication.

 

[Adari]

Btw, how can brian both be 2 years younger than Mary(5 years) and still be half the age of Jill(11 years)? Would make him both 3 and 5½...

yeah thats what i thought

 

[yaruar]

yeah thats what i thought

I was trying to work out if it was in some way a semantic issue with the term x years older.

In terms of actual age one year actually can amount to 2 years actual period when working these things out.

Basically it's nonsense!

 

[rure]

isnt brians age kinda irrelevant?

 

[tRoG]

He's older than John.

 

[Sissyfoo]

if mary is 5 and jill is 6 years older than mary but brian is 2 years younger than mary yet 1/2 the age of jill, yet john is 8.
but james is older than john but no 3 times the age of mary.
how old is james?

What a pointless and jumbled up question. My cat could probably phrase your math problem better than that.

 

[Wonk]

something between 1-100

 

[evzy]

if mary is 5 and jill is 6 years older than mary but brian is 2 years younger than mary yet 1/2 the age of jill, yet john is 8.
but james is older than john but no 3 times the age of mary.
how old is james?

Dont know any of them, therefore don't care.

 

[tookha]

He's older than John.

Now that IS in fact a proper reply to this mess

I'd say between 9-14, like Aybabtu though.

 

[Coim]

if mary is 5 and jill is 6 years older than mary but brian is 2 years younger than mary yet 1/2 the age of jill, yet john is 8.
but james is older than john but no 3 times the age of mary.
how old is james?

You fucked up somewhere along ze line.

Mary = 5
Jill = 11
Brian = 2 years younger than mary, which would mean he was 3 - however, half the age of Jill would be 5 and a half... so... doesn't make sense.
John = 8

So James would be between 9 and 14 as Aybabtu said.

I wrote quite a lot there considering I just repeated what everyone else has already mentioned.

 

[TeaSpoon]

Young enough for Michael Jackson?

/hides

 

[Sissyfoo]

You fucked up somewhere along ze line.

Mary = 5
Jill = 11
Brian = 2 years younger than mary, which would mean he was 3 - however, half the age of Jill would be 5 and a half... so... doesn't make sense.
John = 8

So James would be between 9 and 14 as Aybabtu said.

I wrote quite a lot there considering I just repeated what everyone else has already mentioned.

Yes. Yes you did. In fact, one might say your post was as pointless as [no]whatsisface's.

 

[Coim]

Yes. Yes you did. In fact, one might say your post was as pointless as [no]whatsisface's.

I wouldn't say it was pointless.

If anything, it was one more post towards Scrounging Bastard.

 

[Sissyfoo]

Psht...Sissyfoo-wannabe!

 

[Brynn]

ahem - brynn wanna be

i was trying that equation with like x, y and z as the ages but didn't work

 

[Sissyfoo]

I was, like, a scrounging ... oh nm!

Shame on all of you people who had to try and work it out! A simple read through could tell you that the ages don't match up!! </smug arrogance>

 

[Coim]

I was, like, a scrounging ... oh nm!

Shame on all of you people who had to try and work it out! A simple read through could tell you that the ages don't match up!! </smug arrogance>

I didn't need to figure it out, I just assumed some of you less intelligent folk needed it to be explained. (I mean you, Adari!) xDD

 

[[NO]Subedai]

(is laughing irl)
i just made those names up and did random ages and that usual question crap
kinda funny

 

[kirennia]

lol

 

[Ala]

James is 24

 

[Adari]

(is laughing irl)
i just made those names up and did random ages and that usual question crap
kinda funny

Yeah, aEhaHEaheaHEhaehAehaehaeHaHEahEhaeHA, irl.