osman@roxie.DEC (Eric, Digital, Maynard, 617 493-6664) (01/30/86)
>> Two friends are walking down the street. One says to the other "Do >> you have any children?". The other replies "Yes - three sons". >> >> The first asks "How old are they?", to which the second replies >> >> "The sum of their ages is thirteen, the product of their ages >> is as old as you are. The oldest weighs 61 pounds." . . . >his age. However, I think the information given is inadequate for a solution >unless we make a few (reasonable) assumptions: (1) that the children are at >least one year apart from each other in age (since there was no mention of . . . I heard the following problem, which sounds similar enough to the above, but with enough information to solve it completely: How old are your three children ? Their ages add to 13. Hmmm. I need more information. Their ages multiply to 36. Hmmm. I need more information. The oldest likes cherry pie. AHA ! /Eric -------------------- Please note that this mail message is likely to be incomplete. The sender aborted the transmission. rhea::MAILER-DAEMON --------------------