Friday Puzzle -- A ship and its boiler
Alex Y
A ship is twice as old as the ship's boiler was when the ship
was as old as the boiler is. What is the ratio of the boiler's
age to the ship's age?
Friday Puzzle -- A ship and its boiler
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Jim Rutten
No way. Knowing the way my luck has been going I will probably get 3/4 of the answer wrong. Not even going there.
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Alex Y
Good job, Jim. The boiler is indeed 3/4 as old as the ship. This is one of those problems that is very simple once you get it set up right, but getting from the word problem to the algebraic equations made my brain hurt!