Here's another classical problem.
A census taker came to a house and asked the mother for the ages of her three daughters. The mother, being a mathematician, told him that their ages multiplied together were 36 and their sum was her house number. The census taker, not being a mathematical slouch himself, looked at the house number and quickly told the mother that she had not given him enough information to determine their ages. The mother responded, "Oh, I forgot to tell you that the oldest girl doesn't like chocolate pudding." Given this information, the census taker was able to calculate their ages. How old were each of the girls?
What is the answer to this insane riddle!? It's driving me insane!
A census taker came to a house and asked the mother for the ages of her three daughters. The mother, being a mathematician, told him that their ages multiplied together were 36 and their sum was her house number. The census taker, not being a mathematical slouch himself, looked at the house number and quickly told the mother that she had not given him enough information to determine their ages. The mother responded, "Oh, I forgot to tell you that the oldest girl doesn't like chocolate pudding." Given this information, the census taker was able to calculate their ages. How old were each of the girls?
What is the answer to this insane riddle!? It's driving me insane!