Age Issue

two days ago i was 8 and next year i will be 11.how is this possible?

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Comments

Good question. December 30th: you were 8 years old. December 31st: you turned 9. Today is Jan 1st of the next year. This year, on December 31st you are again gonna turn 10. The next year you will turn 11.

Priyankar Kumar - 8 years, 2 months ago

Good solution indeed.However my younger brother's birthday is on 31st December.So this trick works on him.

Adhiraj Mandal - 8 years, 2 months ago

lol..

Priyankar Kumar - 8 years, 2 months ago

Or maybe your age is simply in base 10 and 8 respectively

Bob Yang - 8 years, 2 months ago

i think your solution is more creative than mine.

Priyankar Kumar - 8 years, 2 months ago

December 30th: you were 8 years old. December 31st: you turned 9. Today is Jan 1st of the next year. This year, on December 31st you are again gonna turn 10. The next year you will turn 11. so ,simple

Aman Jain - 8 years, 2 months ago

so on 31st Dec of year X age = 9, (if on 30th u were 8)

31st of next year, which is the "next day", you'd be 10.

Jan 1st of the next year, u wud be 10 and that yr's dec 31 = 11 yr

Lucky Kaul - 8 years, 2 months ago

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$