document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=573675>Question 573675</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A person has 7 children including 2 sets of triplets. the product of the kids ages is 6591. what is the sum of their ages? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = the single child<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let y = the one set of triplets<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let z = the other set of triplets<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In order to make this manageable, assume that one set of triplets is 1 yrs old. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2Ay%5E3%2A1%5E3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2Ay%5E3%2A1%5E3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 6591<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2Ay%5E3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2Ay%5E3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 6591<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y%5E3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y%5E3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6591%2Fx ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6591%2Fx\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3sqrt%286591%2Fx%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3sqrt%286591%2Fx%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, that's cube root<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Only one integer solution to this equation (the table of y=, in a ti-83)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 13<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3 * 13^3 * 1^3 = 6591<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"what is the sum of their ages?\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 + 13 + 13 + 13 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 45<BR>\n" );
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