When students asked their teacher how old her children were, she said, "I have three children. The product of their ages is 72 and the sum of their ages is the number of this room." The children then asked for the door to be opened to verify the room number. Then Carly told the teacher she needed more information to solve the problem. The teacher said, "My oldest child is good at math." Then Carly announced the correct ages of her teacher's children. What are the ages of the teacher's children?

When students asked their teacher how old her children were, she said, "I have three children. The product of their ages is 72 and the sum of their ages is the number of this room." The children then asked for the door to be opened to verify the room number. Then Carly told the teacher she needed more information to solve the problem. The teacher said, "My oldest child is good at math." Then Carly announced the correct ages of her teacher's children. What are the ages of the teacher's children?

Advanced Engineering Mathematics

10th Edition

ISBN:9780470458365

Author:Erwin Kreyszig

Publisher:Erwin Kreyszig

Chapter2: Second-order Linear Odes

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1RQ

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