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document.write( "Could you please help me with this problem.  Thank you in advance.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Three ex-teenagers find that the product of their ages is 26,390.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the sum of their ages.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #81636 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><B>solver91311(24713)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=solver91311><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=81636\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Your problem statement doesn't say, but I have to assume that the ages of the three people must be expressed in integers, otherwise there is no unique solution.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since they are ex-teenagers, you know they have to be at least 20 years old.  But <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=20%5E3=8000 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"20%5E3=8000\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and that isn't large enough.  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=30%5E3=27000 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"30%5E3=27000\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which is just a little larger than the number we are looking for.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now if you start dividing 26,390 by 20, then 21, and so on, the first number that divides evenly is 26.  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=26390%2F26=1015 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"26390%2F26=1015\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, so we have a possible first number.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So take the 1015 result and start dividing by 20, 21, etc. again, and you have to get all the way up to 29 before you obtain an even divisor.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1015%2F29=35 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1015%2F29=35\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So that gives you the three ages, 26, 29, and 35.  And the sum is 90 </SPAN>\n" );
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