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First to get this right will get 10 points here goes...
Guess the ages of the children:
A census personnel went to a household asking for the ages of a couple's children.
Here are what the couple told the census personnel:

1.) Product of their age is 36
2.) Sum of their ages is the # on their next door neighbor.

The census personnel went away after obtaining these data but after a while he realized that the information was incomplete so he went back to that house. The couple then added:

"Oh! My eldest is upstairs reading comics!"

The census personel went away happily, having the ages of their children.

Question: What are the ages of the children?

srprise_me · Accepted Answer

9,2,2
bcoz 6+6+1=9+2+2=13
This is the only conflicting triple. as the eldest is one  so their age is 9,2,2

Iceman · Answer

It could be: 18, 2, 1 - the number would be 21 next door.
Or: 9, 2, 2 - the number would be 13 next door.
Or: 6, 3, 2 - the number would be 11 next door.

(Yes, 6 yrs old is old enough to read comics - I started reading them when I was 5!)

auroraluna77 · Answer

Considering no details are provided concerning the number on the neighbor, iceman's answer is a chosen best on my accord.

Anonymous · Answer

Youngest: 3 
Middle: 6
Oldest: 18
I don't know if this is right because in the math area I'm not the best.

Harley · Answer

Impossible to answer... we don't know how many children are being considered. And why does the neighbor have a # on him?

kovlex · Answer

If their age is different, i think 9,4,1. Else: 9,2,2

pueoazul · Answer

are the ages: 12,3,1?

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