Question 1011337
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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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<U>Answer</U>. 8, 2 and 3 years.


<U>Solution</U>


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