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From: dejongh@osu-dbs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.math
Subject: A new number puzzle
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Date: Thu, 10-Nov-83 12:33:40 EST
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Here is one for you who have not seen it before.

	Tom and Jerry are walking down the street together.  Tom says 
	to Jerry:
			
			-I have three children.
			-If you multiply their ages together, you get 36.
			-If you add their ages together, you get the number
			 of the house across the street.
			-How old are they?

	Jerry thinks about it for awhile and asks for another clue, 
	to which Tom replies:
	
			-The oldest one plays piano.
			
	And Jerry gave him the correct answers.
	
	
What are their ages and why?  I will post the solution in a week or so.