SOLUTION: Three students came to the bake sale to shop. The sum of their ages is 33. The product of their ages is 1320. How old are they?

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Question 359534: Three students came to the bake sale to shop. The sum of their ages is 33. The product of their ages is 1320. How old are they?
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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Three students came to the bake sale to shop. The sum of their ages is 33. The product of their ages is 1320. How old are they?
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the prime factors of 1320 are 2*2*2*3*5*11
group the factors such that th sum is 33
10,11,12
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their ages are 10,11,12
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