A woman is as old as her husband will be when the woman is twice the age that her husband was when the woman's age was half the sum of their present ages. How old are they?

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anonymous · Answer

Basic Linear Algebra :)

anonymous · Answer

Too late for twists man!

jamesj · Answer

Wait, so the woman is twice as old as her husband will have been when she will be half as old again as she was when he had been the sum of their ages divided by the number of children they will have had to have planned to have when the geometric mean of their ages was 2 less than the man's current age?

anonymous · Answer

:(

anonymous · Answer

I thought woman = 4/3 husband was the answer

anonymous · Answer

but the genie said the woman is 40 and the husband is 30 is an okay answer