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THEY ARE 10.5 AND 0.5 YEARS OLD. A COMMON WRONG ANSWER IS 10 AND 1. THIS IS WRONG BECAUSE THE DIFFERENCE IN AGE WOULD BE 9, NOT 10 BECAUSE IF HE WENT BACK IN TIME FROM UPSTAIRS, THAT WOULD BE A NASTY FALL BECAUSE THE HOUSE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE 200 YEARS AGO THERE ARE 6 'F'S IN THE SENTENCE. ONE OF AVERAGE INTELLIGENCE FINDS 3 OF THEM. IF YOU SPOTTED 4, YOU'RE ABOVE AVERAGE. TO SEE 5 IS RARE. IF YOU FOUND 6, YOU ARE PROBABLY A GENIUS. THERE IS NO CATCH. MOST PEOPLE FORGET THE 'OF'S. THE HUMAN BRAIN TENDS TO SEE THEM AS 'V' INSTEAD OF 'F' 3. 3 SQUARED IS 9. 3+9=12. TAKE THE TWO DIGITS OF THE SUMMATION AND ADD THEM; 1+2=3. IN SHORT; 3-9-12-3. THIS CAN ALSO WORK WITH THE NUMBER 0 AND 9