Saturday, February 5, 2011

Age + BirthYear = 111

Two days ago, while CNY visiting, a relative asked me,
"What do you get when you add the last two digits of your birth-year and your current age ?"

My minds does the simple addition and before i could say it, she said, "111, right ?"

"Yeah."

"Why is it always 111 ?"

At that moment after a full lunch,my brains were no match for my stomach.
My mind froze and i promised i would get back to her on this.
No self-respecting Maths 'cher will let this puzzle go unsolved.

So, yesterday, i posted the following solution to her:

btw, it only works for those of us born in 19xx.

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