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Bob and mark talk about their families. Bob says he has 3 kids, the product of their age is 72. He gives another clue: the sum of the ages of his children. Mark points out there is still not enough information to accurately guess. Finally, bob says, my youngest child called justice . Mark can then correctly determine the ages of bobs children . What are the ages ?

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Possible Ages Sum of The Ages 1 2 36 391 4 18 231 8 9 181 3 24 282 3 12 172 4 9 152 6 6 142 2 18 223 3 8 143 4 6 13

The sum has to be 14. So it can be 2, 6, and 6 or 3, 3, and 8.
But it cannot be 3, 3, and 8 because the youngest cannot be a twin.

So it is 2, 6, and 6.

Hope this helps :)
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