In a late-last-season episode of Medium the oldest daughter, whose name escapes me at the moment, was taking the SATs (or a practice test, whatever), and a single math question appeared on screen. Being obsessive about fake books produced for TV shows, I captured an image of it:
Okay, am I crazy, or are none of those the correct answer?It's a simple enough equations Father's age (F)/3 = Son's age (S). For the equation to be true S+15 must be equal to (F+15)/2. But as far as I can tell, that doesn't work for any of them.
A) If F=4, then S=1.3, so in fifteen years the totals would be F=19 and S=16.3
B) If F=8, then S=2.6, so in fifteen years the totals would be F=23 and S=17.6
C) If F=16, then S=5.3, so in fifteen years the totals would be F=31 and S=20.3
D) If F=32, then S=10.6, so in fifteen years the totals would be F=47 and S=25.6
E) If F=64, then S=21.3, so in fifteen years the totals would be F=79 and S=36.3
Now, to be fair, those last two were awfully close to half, but neither was actually there. So is this just utter gibberish someone threw together as a prop in five minutes, or have I forgotten how 'math' works?
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Well, the first problem is that none of the ages given for the father are neatly divisible by three, but age is typically expressed as an integer, not a real number. Looks to me like the correct answer should be F=45.
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