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sologuitar

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Registered: 2022-09-19

Posts: 467

Math Age Problem

Today is a day that happens every 1000 years.
If you add the year if your birth and your age it will
yield  the number 2023. This I true concerning every person in the world.

Note: This is the whole problem. I don't see a question in this problem. I don't get it. How about you?

Bob

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Registered: 2010-06-20

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Re: Math Age Problem

Just a minute. This doesn't seem remarkable.  If you were born in the year Y and your age is A
then Y + A = the current year.

So next year you will be A + 1 and Y + A + 1 = 2024.  Why do we have to wait 1000 years for this?

In the year of your birth your age is 0.

So Y + A = that year.

As each year passes A goes up by 1 and so does the year.

Bob

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sologuitar

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Registered: 2022-09-19

Posts: 467

Re: Math Age Problem

Just a minute. This doesn't seem remarkable.  If you were born in the year Y and your age is A
then Y + A = the current year.

So next year you will be A + 1 and Y + A + 1 = 2024.  Why do we have to wait 1000 years for this?

In the year of your birth your age is 0.

So Y + A = that year.

As each year passes A goes up by 1 and so does the year.

Bob

Good point, Bob. I like it.