gsm8k-0021

# GSM8K Problem 22

Raymond and Samantha are cousins. Raymond was born 6 years before Samantha. Raymond had a son at the age of 23. If Samantha is now 31, how many years ago was Raymond's son born?

Reason step by step, then give ONLY the final answer on the last line as \boxed{ANSWER}.

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Let me work through this step-by-step.

Given information:
- Raymond was born 6 years before Samantha
- Raymond had a son at the age of 23
- Samantha is now 31 years old

Step 1: Determine Raymond's current age.
Since Raymond was born 6 years before Samantha, and Samantha is currently 31:
Raymond's current age = Samantha's current age + 6 = 31 + 6 = 37 years old

Step 2: Determine when Raymond had his son.
Raymond had his son at age 23.
Since Raymond is currently 37 years old, the number of years since he had his son is:
37 - 23 = 14 years ago

Step 3: Verify this makes sense.
- Samantha is 31 now
- Raymond is 37 now (31 + 6)
- Raymond had his son when he was 23, which was 14 years ago
- At that time, Samantha would have been 31 - 14 = 17 years old
- This means Samantha was 17 when Raymond had his son, which is reasonable

Therefore, Raymond's son was born 14 years ago.

\boxed{14}