Question

Imagine that you are the pilot of a corporate jet. When you leave Tampa, you have 5 male passengers and 3 female passengers. At Memphis, 2 men get off the plane and 2 women get on. At Houston, 4 male passengers get on, and 1 female passenger gets off the plane. Upon landing in Phoenix, 3 male passengers board, 1 male passenger gets off the plane, and 2 female passengers board. At Salt Lake City, no male passengers get on or off the plane, but 1 woman boards the jet. At Sacramento, 2 men and 2 women get off the jet. How old is the pilot?

Answer 1

The answer is your age since you are the pilot of the jet.

Explanation:

The list and numbers supplied of persons who boarded the plan has no effect on the age of the pilot. This is an example of problems which requires the filtration of unnecessary data and solving that which is required.

If I am a 53 years old pilot and 50 passengers board the plane, it has no effect on my age.

The given variables has no effect as the age of the pilot is constant at that particular time.