Saturday, June 30, 2007

Two mathematicians met after 27 years...

Two mathematicians met after 27 years in their college.

This was their conversation.
First: How are you doing?
Second: Fine I got married and have 3 daughters.
First: Fine. I also got married 2 years after the college. How old are your daughters?
Second: Well, Product of their ages is 72 and their sum is equal to that house number over there..(It was not mentioned).
First: Wait, I am still counting.
Second: Sorry, youngest of them just started walking.
First: Is it! Youngest of mine is also of the same age.

How old are the three daughters?

7 comments:

Bala said...

da.. is the answer for the 1ST puzzle..
2,6,6

midhun said...

is it 2,3,12

Rakesh B.S said...

yes 2,6,6 is correct.. but explain how u arrived at the answer 2.. or shall i explain?

Anoop said...

the answer is 2,6,6 indeed

the clue is 8,3,3

Anonymous said...

2,6,6,
logic similar to the "cat" question asked by sherly maam.

Unknown said...

plz explain how u calculated the answer

Rakesh B.S said...

I hav already posted the answer..