Guest Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 Two MIT math grads bump into each other while shopping; they hadn't seen each other in over 20 years. 1st grad to the 2nd: "How have you been?" 2nd: "Great! I got married and I have three daughters now." 1st: "Really? How old are they?" 2nd: "Well, the product of their ages is 72, and the sum of their ages is the same as the number on that building over there..." 1st: "Right, ok... Oh wait... Hmm, I still don't know." 2nd: "Oh sorry, the oldest one just started to play the piano." 1st: "Wonderful! My oldest is the same age!" How old was the 1st grad’s daughter? source: http://www.techinterview.org/index.html - has some REALLY good puzzles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Two MIT math grads bump into each other while shopping; they hadn't seen each other in over 20 years.
1st grad to the 2nd: "How have you been?"
2nd: "Great! I got married and I have three daughters now."
1st: "Really? How old are they?"
2nd: "Well, the product of their ages is 72, and the sum of their ages is the same as the number on that building over there..."
1st: "Right, ok... Oh wait... Hmm, I still don't know."
2nd: "Oh sorry, the oldest one just started to play the piano."
1st: "Wonderful! My oldest is the same age!"
How old was the 1st grad’s daughter?
source: http://www.techinterview.org/index.html - has some REALLY good puzzles.
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