Multiple choice

I am the eldest child of my parents. There is a gap of 6 years between the ages of my brother and sister including myself. If my mother was 22 years, when I was born? What was my age at the birth of her youngest child?

  1. 30

  2. 28

  3. 12

  4. 25
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Explanation

The eldest child is the narrator, and the three children are separated by 6 years, so the youngest is 12 years younger. Since the mother was 22 when the narrator was born, the narrator is 12 when the youngest child is born.

AI explanation

Assuming a constant gap of 6 years separates the births of the children, the eldest child will be 12 years old when the third child is born. The mother's age of 22 years at the time of the first birth is extra information that does not affect this sibling age gap. Therefore, the age at the birth of the youngest child is 12 years.

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