Where Is the Father in This Age-Related Riddle?

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The riddle presented involves a mathematical relationship between the ages of a mother and her child, where the mother is 21 years older than the child. In six years, the mother will be five times the child's age. The solution reveals that the father is "creating" the child, implying he is involved in the conception process, which humorously suggests he is present nine months before the child's birth. This clever play on words and mathematical reasoning forms the basis of the riddle's punchline.

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I posted this a long time ago, but maybe some of you might have missed it.

The mother is 21 years older than the child.
6 years from now, the mother will be 5 times as old as the child.

Question : Where is the father?
 
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he is dead
 
Amer said:
he is dead

Not quite.
 

I solved this problem/joke way back then.
It's one of my favorites.

I think the punchline is very funny.
 
masters said:
I posted this a long time ago, but maybe some of you might have missed it.

The mother is 21 years older than the child.
6 years from now, the mother will be 5 times as old as the child.

Question : Where is the father?


x = mother age
y = childs age

$x = 21 + y$ and $y + 6 = (x + 6)/5$

So $y = x - 21$ by substitution we have $x - 21 + 6 = (x + 6)/5\Leftrightarrow x - x/5 = 15 + 6/5 \Leftrightarrow x(4/5) = 81/5\Leftrightarrow x = 81/4\approx 20.25$

So the father is having "relations" with the mother.
 
c = child; so mother = c+21

c+21 + 6 = 5(c + 6)

c = -3/4

9 months BEFORE birth...so father is "creating" with mother! Real cute.
 
Nice!
 
Wilmer said:
. . .

9 months BEFORE birth...so father is "creating" with mother! Real cute.

Isn't the father procreating with the mother?
 

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