Puzzle for 21st Jun 2009

shabbir

Find the age of the three kids.

The product of their ages is 36.
Telling the sum of their ages would not help.
The eldest of all is a programmer.

I know of all the controversies and lets see if we can have something here as well

SaswatPadhi

Ages in ascending order : 2 units, 2 units, 9 units.

Here unit may be year, month, day or whatever shabbir had in mind while saying that the product is 36 (unit)³.

EDIT :: Controversy : Shabbir, you should mention whether the product of their ages is 36 year³ or month³ or day³ etc ... LOL

[ Of course in the later units, the oldest one cannot be a programmer ! ]

SaswatPadhi

Forgot to mention the reason :

(1) Conclusions from "The product of their ages is 36." :
The ages of the kids can be :

`AGES######SUMS
1, 1, 36####x##38##x##[UNIQUE]
1, 2, 18####x##21##x##[UNIQUE]
1, 3, 12####x##16##x##[UNIQUE]
1, 4, 9##x##x##14##x##[UNIQUE]
1, 6, 6###x#x##13##x##[DUPLICATE]
2, 2, 9##x##x##13##x##[DUPLICATE]
2, 3, 6##x##x##11##x##[UNIQUE]
3, 3, 4##x##x##10##x##[UNIQUE]

(2) Conclusions from "Telling the sum of their ages would not help." :

As you can see above only we have one pair of duplicates for the sum 13. For all other sums, "Telling the sum of their ages would help" !

So, the kids ages can be 1, 6, 6 or 2, 2, 9.

(2) Conclusions from "The eldest of all is a programmer." :

Note the use of "The eldest" which means only 1 of them has the max. age.
So, 2, 2, 9 is the required triad of ages.

shabbir

Bingo

SaswatPadhi

Why is the icon of this thread :

???
( I think "Thumbs Down" represents disapproval !? )

shabbir

Quote:

Originally Posted by SaswatPadhi
Why is the icon of this thread : ???
( I think "Thumbs Down" represents disapproval !? )

I thought it would be a difficult one when I posted it

mayjune

i agree its not that easy as saswat made it look like, quite cool saswat

btw i like these puzzles, you can't find them over the net, you have to think....and there is a unique ans
bravo...
btw a bulb would have been a better symbol then thumbs down...

SaswatPadhi

Quote:

Originally Posted by mayjune
i agree its not that easy as saswat made it look like, quite cool saswat

Thanx

Quote:

Originally Posted by mayjune
btw i like these puzzles, you can't find them over the net, you have to think....and there is a unique ans

+1

Quote:

Originally Posted by mayjune
btw a bulb would have been a better symbol then thumbs down...

Yep.

shabbir Go4Expert Founder
21Jun2009,17:03	#1
	Find the age of the three kids. The product of their ages is 36. Telling the sum of their ages would not help. The eldest of all is a programmer. I know of all the controversies and lets see if we can have something here as well

SaswatPadhi ~ Б0ЯИ Τ0 С0δЭ ~
21Jun2009,17:31	#2
	Ages in ascending order : 2 units, 2 units, 9 units. Here unit may be year, month, day or whatever shabbir had in mind while saying that the product is 36 (unit)³. EDIT :: Controversy : Shabbir, you should mention whether the product of their ages is 36 year³ or month³ or day³ etc ... LOL [ Of course in the later units, the oldest one cannot be a programmer ! ] Last edited by SaswatPadhi; 21Jun2009 at 17:50..

SaswatPadhi ~ Б0ЯИ Τ0 С0δЭ ~
21Jun2009,17:45	#3
	Forgot to mention the reason : (1) Conclusions from "The product of their ages is 36." : The ages of the kids can be : `AGES######SUMS 1, 1, 36####x##38##x##[UNIQUE] 1, 2, 18####x##21##x##[UNIQUE] 1, 3, 12####x##16##x##[UNIQUE] 1, 4, 9##x##x##14##x##[UNIQUE] 1, 6, 6###x#x##13##x##[DUPLICATE] 2, 2, 9##x##x##13##x##[DUPLICATE] 2, 3, 6##x##x##11##x##[UNIQUE] 3, 3, 4##x##x##10##x##[UNIQUE] (2) Conclusions from "Telling the sum of their ages would not help." : As you can see above only we have one pair of duplicates for the sum 13. For all other sums, "Telling the sum of their ages would help" ! So, the kids ages can be 1, 6, 6 or 2, 2, 9. (2) Conclusions from "The eldest of all is a programmer." : Note the use of "The eldest" which means only 1 of them has the max. age. So, 2, 2, 9 is the required triad of ages. Last edited by SaswatPadhi; 21Jun2009 at 17:52..

shabbir Go4Expert Founder
21Jun2009,17:51	#4
	Bingo

SaswatPadhi ~ Б0ЯИ Τ0 С0δЭ ~
21Jun2009,18:08	#5
	Why is the icon of this thread : ??? ( I think "Thumbs Down" represents disapproval !? )

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shabbir Go4Expert Founder
21Jun2009,21:07	#6
	Quote: Originally Posted by SaswatPadhi Why is the icon of this thread : ??? ( I think "Thumbs Down" represents disapproval !? ) I thought it would be a difficult one when I posted it

mayjune Invasive contributor
22Jun2009,14:08	#7
	i agree its not that easy as saswat made it look like, quite cool saswat btw i like these puzzles, you can't find them over the net, you have to think....and there is a unique ans bravo... btw a bulb would have been a better symbol then thumbs down...

SaswatPadhi ~ Б0ЯИ Τ0 С0δЭ ~
22Jun2009,18:08	#8
	Quote: Originally Posted by mayjune i agree its not that easy as saswat made it look like, quite cool saswat Thanx Quote: Originally Posted by mayjune btw i like these puzzles, you can't find them over the net, you have to think....and there is a unique ans +1 Quote: Originally Posted by mayjune btw a bulb would have been a better symbol then thumbs down... Yep.

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