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Problem: Mother and Daughter

"Mother, I wish you would give me a bicycle," said a girl of twelve the other day.

"I do not think you are old enough yet, my dear," was the reply. "When I am only three times as old as you are you shall have one."

Now, the mother's age is forty-five years. When may the young lady expect to receive her present?

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  1. Dudeney, H. E.: "Amusements in Mathematics", The Authors' Club, 1917

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