document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=280436>Question 280436</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> There was a statistician going through a neighborhood one<BR>\n" );
document.write( "day and he came to a house. He rang the doorbell and the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "father of the house rushed to the door. The statistician<BR>\n" );
document.write( "explained what he was there for and asked the father of the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "house how many children lived here?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The father said there were three children living in the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "house, as he heard the kids making loud noises<BR>\n" );
document.write( "inside the home. The statistician marked the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "information down and asked the father how old each<BR>\n" );
document.write( "child was?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As one child started screaming inside the house, the father,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "being annoyed by the questions, told the statistician the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "product of their ages is 72. The statistician pondered this<BR>\n" );
document.write( "answer briefly and asked the father if there<BR>\n" );
document.write( "was any other information he could give that could lead to<BR>\n" );
document.write( "him knowing the ages of the children.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As the father heard the television volume start blaring<BR>\n" );
document.write( "inside, he told the statistician that the sum of the ages of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "children was their house number. The statistician took<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a step back and looked at the number above the door.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "He pondered a moment and asked the father if there<BR>\n" );
document.write( "was any other information he could provide that would<BR>\n" );
document.write( "help him determine the ages of the children.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As the father heard the sound of glass breaking<BR>\n" );
document.write( "inside, told the statistician that youngest child loves<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m&m's. The statistician immediately wrote<BR>\n" );
document.write( "something down in his clipboard and told the father,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"Thank you for your time. I have the ages of your<BR>\n" );
document.write( "children. Have a good day!\" He proceeds to walk<BR>\n" );
document.write( "away and the father rushes inside to find out what is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "happening.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You have all the necessary information that will lead you to<BR>\n" );
document.write( "find the ages of the three children.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What are the ages of the children? </SPAN>\n" );
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