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Joe Simmons of New York married his second wife in 1900. His age in whole years at his death was one twenty-ninth of the year of his birth. In the year he died he had already celebrated his birthday. How old was he at his second wedding?
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He was born in 1856, died in 1920 (at age 64), and was 44 at his second wedding in 1900.Hide Answer Show Answer
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How about he was born in 1885 and died in 1950 aged 65. Therefore he was 15 when he married his second wife. (We don't know what these American get up to )!
Not likely Jimbo. He was from New York. That only happens in Tennessee and Kentucky!
Friggin hicks in Tennessee and Kentucky... that's just sick. Too bad it's true.
He could have also been born in 1827, died at the age of 63 in 1890, and had a woman marry his corpse 73 years after his birth in 1900 to get that unclaimed inheritance money... (presumably, that does not happen in Kentucky or Tennessee...)
ya'll are weird
I got both answers.
Pretty simple. The year of his death has to be a multiple A of thirty greater than 1900 such that 1900 > A x 29. Taking 1900/30 = 63.33...
64 x 30 = 1920; 29 x 64 = 1856
65 x 30 = 1950; 29 x 65 = 1885
Pretty simple. The year of his death has to be a multiple A of thirty greater than 1900 such that 1900 > A x 29. Taking 1900/30 = 63.33...
64 x 30 = 1920; 29 x 64 = 1856
65 x 30 = 1950; 29 x 65 = 1885
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