Am I doing this right?

[Ftredoc]

If I am 16years old and the universe is 14 billion years old (1x10^9 years) how much older is the universe then me?

I took 14^9 and divided it by my age and my answer was 1291315424. Is this right? Did I use the right equation? Thanks!

[Michael Steen]

Apparently you did not do it right. The answer is 875,000,000. That's what you get when you divide 14 billion by 16.
BTW, it's "how much older is the universe 'than I'?"
(Old English teacher habit ).

[bigastronomy]

Yes, your formula was close but the answer was not. I would have told you to check your scientific notation which should have been 1.4(10)^10 / 16.

This is, of course, assuming that time does exist.

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