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Teacher's Age
A young man asks his beautiful mathematics teacher her age. She responds, "Today's date is my age, although before this week is over there will be another day with a date one fifth of the new age that I will be." What is the teacher's sign of the zodiac?
Answer
The teacher is a Pisces. This conversation could have only taken place on February 29. She was 29 then. Six days later (March 6), having turned 30, it becomes true that the date is one fifth of her age. This means her birthday occurs during the six first days of March.Hide Answer Show Answer
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Nov 22, 2001
A litle maths i know but when the poxy 'signs of the zodiac' fall...
Nice miniature!
An should be A
very creative!
Nov 22, 2009
This cannot be right because:
a. February has only 28 days, not 29 and b.you say "before this week is over". On the 28th the week ends and another commences which means you have to enter into another week.
The correct answer should be Sagittarius.
The conversation is taking place on Sunday the 29/11 and she was, at the time, 29. She will become 30 during the same week-on the 6/12 (her birthday) which is one fifth of 30. Ergo, she is Sagittarius.
a. February has only 28 days, not 29 and b.you say "before this week is over". On the 28th the week ends and another commences which means you have to enter into another week.
The correct answer should be Sagittarius.
The conversation is taking place on Sunday the 29/11 and she was, at the time, 29. She will become 30 during the same week-on the 6/12 (her birthday) which is one fifth of 30. Ergo, she is Sagittarius.
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