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}.

<!-- imported from openai/gsm8k (test) -->

Here is the step-by-step reasoning to solve the problem:

1.  **Determine Raymond's current age:**
    We know that Raymond was born 6 years before Samantha, which means Raymond is 6 years older than Samantha.
    Since Samantha is currently 31 years old, we add 6 to her age to find Raymond's age.
    $$31 + 6 = 37$$
    So, Raymond is currently 37 years old.

2.  **Determine when Raymond's son was born:**
    The problem states that Raymond had a son at the age of 23.

3.  **Calculate how many years ago the son was born:**
    To find out how many years ago this happened, we subtract Raymond's age when he had his son from his current age.
    $$37 - 23 = 14$$

Raymond's son was born 14 years ago.

\boxed{14}