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Modern Puzzles by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $21$
- Their Ages
- If you add the square of Tom's age to the age of Mary,
- the sum is $62$;
- but if you add the square of Mary's age to the age of Tom,
- the result is $176$.
- Can you say what are the ages of Tom and Mary?
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Sources
- 1926: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Modern Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Age and Kinship Puzzles: $21$. -- Their Ages
- 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Age Puzzles: $32$. Their Ages