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Old 04-17-2004, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Ian Smith
A 30 year old man married a 25 year old woman. She died at age 50
and her husband was so devastated that he cried for years. Ten
years after he stopped crying, he died. If he had lived to be 80,
how many years was he a widower?
It's actually pretty simple math..

she died at 50 so he was 55 years old when she died If he had lived to be 80 then 80-55 = 25 ...That is how long he would have been a widow
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