Bill ran into his neighbor from across the hall and asked her how old her children were. She replied, “Let’s see if you can figure it out. The product of their ages is 72 and the sum of their ages is the same as my apartment number.” Bill thought for a while and then replied, “You haven’t given me enough information.” His neighbor replied, “Oh I forgot to tell you that my youngest child has asthma.” Now bill knew the ages of each child. How old is each?
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Bill is better than me. I don't even know how many children she has. She could have twins who are one year old.