I'm very interested to hear the answer on this one.
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2, 3 and 6.
The key information is that there IS an oldest daughter (the other solution is that there could be two six year old twins, and a one year old).
Of course, we are discounting the possibility that "oldest" just meant the first twin out of the hatch...
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Oops. Indeed, there are several. One, three and twelve for instance. My bad :D
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By that same logic (3, 3 and 6), (1, 2 and 9), (1, 1 and 36) as well as several other combinations are also possible answers.
The problem is that we don't know the address of the the restaurant, so my guess is now WE'RE missing 1 piece of information.
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Ok - try again:
There are 7 combinations which can make up the 36:
3,3,4
2,3,6
2,2,9
1,6,6
1,2,18
1,4,9
1,1,36
These all add up to different numbers, other than 2,2,9 and 1,6,6, which is the cause of the ambiguity. This is resolved when it is revealed that there is an "oldest" daughter, rendering the 1,6,6 invalid (assuming as above that the "oldest" daughter is not a twin, "older" by a minute or two by virtue of being first out.
Correct answer is 2,2,9?
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Sorry about the formatting fail. Every group of 3 numbers above should be separated by a line:
3,3,4
2,3,6
2,2,9
1,6,6
1,2,18
1,4,9
1,1,36
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Hehe crazy coincidence yesterday someone gave me that puzzle although the setup was quite different, the solution is the same. Won't spoil it tho. Unless you actually were on the chat then and saw that riddle just made a different setup for it
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Wouldn't the friend answering already know the address number of the restaurant? If that's the case, would we not also need that information? Otherwise, all I know if there IS an oldest, and I should multiply numbers until I hit 36 (3 4 3, 6 2 3, 12 1 3, 9 2 2, etc). Assuming that two of them are twins, 3,3,4 or 2,2,9 would make more sense. If neither are, it would be 2,3,6 or 1,3,12. The only logical conclusion I can get from the glasses is two lenses that are similar = twins. I could be totally wrong, however.
EDIT: Some of what I've said has been referenced, and it appears I've missed two combinations.
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The reward is satisfaction.
Two old friends had not seen each other for awhile and met in a restaurant. One friend decided to challenge the other with a puzzle:
I have 3 daughters, if you sum up their ages together, you will get the address number of this restaurant.
If you multiply their ages together, you will get 36.
The friend thought carefully for awhile and then said:
The other friend then said:
The friend then gave the correct ages of all 3 girls.
What are the ages of the 3 girls? Please justify your answer, no guesses. I will tell you if it is right by
THERE IS ONLY ONE POSSIBLE UNIQUE SOLUTION/ANSWER. That is why you have to justify (explain how you arrive at) your answer.
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