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[Test.6]
About all we know of Diophantus personal life is contained in the following summary of an epitaph given in the Greek Anthology :
  "Diophantus passed 1/6 fo his life in childhood, 1/12 in youth, and 7/1 more as a bachelof, Eive years after his marriage was born a son who died 4 years before his father, at 2/1 his father's [final] age," HOw old was Diophantus when he died?