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Originally posted by LEE
I have borowed this from Devotees. I have no idea how it works - but it does - though I'm sure Sticks will probably tell us how. 
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Going through the sequence, if you let number of times going out be
x
multiplied by 2 gives
2x
adding 5 gives the expression
2x + 5
multiplying by 50 gives the expression
50(2x + 5)
Multiplying out gives
100x + 250
The next bit is a bit complex because it goes by the birthday rule. You are not age
N until you have reached you Nth birthday. Until then you are
N-1
If you have not had a birthday this year adding 1752 to 250 gives 2002, so 2002 -
y (Your birth year) would give your true age
N.
Of course if you have had a birthday then you can use the 1753 to add up to 2003 from which you subtract
y to give your true age
N
you then end up with the expression
100x + N
Unless you are older than 99
the last two digits will be your age and the first digit how many times you went out
Simple when you use simple high school algebra to work it out
