King Tut died 120 years after King Eros was born.
The combined ages of King Eros and King Tut at their deaths was 100 years old.
King Eros died in the year 40 B.C.
In what year was King Tut born?

20 B.C.

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hmmm...good one. I know King Tut lived to be 19. So Eros has to be 81 for their ages to combine to 100. If he died in 40 B.C. after living to 81 then it would be 121 B.C when he was born. So King Tut was born in 240 or 241 B.C. give or take.

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Lenny got it, 20BC

Rats, well my math sucks anyway. I hate word problems. :upsidedow

That's Mrs. Lenny2 to you. :winkwink:

Err yeah, what you said. :pimp

There are three words in the English language that end in GRY. Two are HUNGRY and ANGRY. The third one everyone uses every day and knows what it stands for. If you listened/read carefully, I already told you what the word is.

How so? I dont understand how this was solved.

Language?

aggry

\Ag"gry\, Aggri \Ag"gri\, a. Applied to a kind of variegated glass beads of ancient manufacture; as, aggry beads are found in Ashantee and Fantee in Africa.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, ? 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

Correct! :thumbsup

There was a span of 120 years between King Eros' death and King Tut's birth. However, since their combined ages equalled 100, there was a span of 20 years where neither one of them were alive. That span of 20 years was 40 B.C. (when King Eros died) and 20 B.C. (when King Tut was born).

I got to admit that i'v put gry in google and got the answer from 1st result

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LOL...that's ok. I'm sure you're not the first one to "cheat" at a riddle.

If King Tut died at 99 and King Eros died at 1
King Eros was born in 39 BC since he died in 40 BC
King Tut died 120 years after 39 BC, i.e. 79 AD
then King Tut was born in 20 BC
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hmm interesting puzzle, we can give any combination for the age of the two kings to add upto 100 and we still end up with 20 BC as the birth date. Dont understand the explanation though..