A man and 3 daughters... Riddle?!


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A man and 3 daughters... Riddle?


here it is: " A man in my neighborhood has 3 daughters. One day when I asked their ages, he said, 'The product of their three ages is 36'. When I still couldn't find their ages, he said: 'Ok, I'll give you another clue, the sum of their ages is the same as the number in the address of my house.' I know the house number, but I still couldn't calculate their ages. So the man gave me a last hint, he said: ' My eldest daughter's bedroom is upstairs.' Finally I was able to calculate their ages."
Can you? (Hint: you have to consider all of the possibilities and eliminate the ones that don't fit all of the clues.) Show any work.


Answers: I think I got it.

The twin daughters 2 years old and an older daughter 9 years old.

the numbers multiplied together to get 36 are as follows:

1, 2 18
1 3 12
1 4 9
1 6 6
2 3 6
2 2 9
3 3 4

Now the second piece of information says that even though he knew the address of the house, he still couldn't figure it out, so there must be more than set of numbers that add up to the same number, That is 1 6 6 and 2 2 9, both of which add to 13. Now he said oldest DAUGHTER. with 1 6 6 there are TWO oldest daughters, so the set is two daughters age 2 and an elder daughter age 9.

*edited to say*
I can't believe how many other answers above me don't know the difference between sum and product.... Dude... just tell us. they could be triplets allowing for 3- twelve year old girls.
**edit** although you stated "my eldest daughter" of the three there would still be an eldest. still adding 3 12's is 36.


edit
3x12
12+12+12

okay so I don't know the difference between sum and multiplying that's how come I hang in this section and not the math. I hated math in school. how can we figure this out if we don't KNOW the address??
i'm going to take an educated guess and say, 12 X 3 = 36!! the man is blind.. am i right? 18 because the eldest daughter's bedroom is upstairs (in Heaven??)

Hey, I tried...

khamani jonas (nick) ?

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