SOLUTION: Colleen has three daughters. The sum of her daughters� ages is 13, and the product of their ages is 48. Find the ages of the daughters to the nearest year.

Question 1011337: Colleen has three daughters. The sum of her daughters� ages is 13, and the product of their ages is 48. Find the ages of the daughters to the nearest year.
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Colleen has three daughters. The sum of her daughters� ages is 13, and the product of their ages is 48.
Find the ages of the daughters to the nearest year.
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Answer. 8, 2 and 3 years.

Solution

Consider different factorizations of the number 48 as the product of three factors,
and select an appropriate one with the sum of factors 13.

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