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Edith has nine children at regular intervals of 15 months. If the oldest is now six times as old as the youngest, how old is the youngest child?

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User Chad Retz
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Answer:

20 years

Explanation:

9=x

8=x+15

7=x+15+15

6=x+15+15+15

5=x+15+15+15+15

4=x+15+15+15+15+15

3=x+15+15+15+15+15+15

2=x+15+15+15+15+15+15+15

1=x+15+15+15+15+15+15+15+15

Xx6=6x

6x=x+15+15+15+15+15+15+15+15

6x=120

divide both sides by 6 to get X as 20

we had written the age of the youngest son as X so the youngest son is 20 years old.

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