•                                       EXTRA CREDIT for the week of 08 May 2023 -- 12 May 2023:

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For 10 bonus points on your notebook grade, the correct answer to this problem must be sent to sg.cranford@midlandisd.net, or turned in during school, no later than 4:00P on Friday, 12 May 2023.  You are to work alone (no partners or groups).  Submit your work along with your answer.

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No work – NO CREDIT!

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Sweethearts
 

When Tom and Betty applied for their marriage license the first thing they were asked was their ages.  With a natural reluctance to reveal so important a secret Betty said that they were both in their twenties, and wasn’t that close enough.  The clerk insisted on more specific information, however, so Tom added that they both had the same birthday, and that he was four times as old as Betty was when he was three times as old as Betty was when he was twice as old as Betty was.  At this the clerk fainted, whereupon the young couple snatched up the license, hurried off to the preacher’s and lived happily ever after.  When the clerk came to and realized that he would have to complete his records some way or other he began to do a little figuring, and before long had found out how old the two were.

How old were Tom and Betty?
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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