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Daughters Ages [Solved]
« on: August 09, 2005, 02:25:33 pm »
A family has newly moved into the area. A neighbor asks the parents how old their three girls are. The father answers that the product of their ages is 36 and, pointing to his car, adds that the sum of their ages equals the first two digits in his license plate number. After a short struggle with pen and paper the neighbor says he needs more information. He is then told that the oldest daughter loves strawberry ice cream. "Oh, now I understand," says the neighbor, who promptly comes up with the right answer. What are the ages of the three children, and how did the strawberry ice cream hint give it away?
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Re: Daughters Ages [Solved]
« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2005, 02:31:02 pm »
2, 3, and 6 are the ages.

6 year olds like ice cream would be my guess. Also, what does the license plate have to do with anything; we don't have the license plate number
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Re: Daughters Ages [Solved]
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2005, 02:39:58 pm »
Wrong.

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Re: Daughters Ages [Solved]
« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2005, 03:04:10 pm »
9, 2, and 2 or 6, 6, and 1. (Since those two are the same, the neighbor needed more information.)

Heh, let me think about this.
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I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

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Re: Daughters Ages [Solved]
« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2005, 03:07:10 pm »
One of those is right. Now explain it.

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Re: Daughters Ages [Solved]
« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2005, 03:08:09 pm »
Well, the oldest daughter likes ice cream so I'm guessing it's the 6 year olds.

AHA! There is no oldest daughter for 6, 6, and 1! It's 9 2 and 2!
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[17:32:45] * xar sets mode: -oooooooooo algorithm ban chris cipher newby stdio TehUser tnarongi|away vursed warz
[17:32:54] * xar sets mode: +o newby
[17:32:58] <xar> new rule
[17:33:02] <xar> me and newby rule all

I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

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Re: Daughters Ages [Solved]
« Reply #6 on: August 09, 2005, 03:08:41 pm »
Yes!