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Logic Puzzle
I've just returned from my new Theory of Knowledge class, which is basically the coolest class anyone like me could ask for. It's just one big philosophical discussion.
In this class we were taught a very unique problem that requires some serious brains, but is entirely solvable.
One man sits next to another on an airplane. They strike up a conversation and the first man eventually tells the second that he (the first man) is the father of three sons. The second man asks what their ages are. The father challenges him to guess.
The father gives the man a clue in that the ages of the three sons multiplied together create a product of 72.
A x B x C = 72.
The man says he cannot possibly know the correct answer with the given information, which is true. The father therefore tells him that the sum of the ages of the three sons is the same as their flight number.
A + B + C = #
The man replies again with the fact that he cannot know the answer without simply guessing. The father gives him one final clue through stating that the name of his youngest son is David.
Youngest son = David.
The man therefore knows the exact age of each of the individual sons.
What are the ages of the three sons?
This question is entirely possible to answer with the given information. It is not a trick in any form. There is neither a play on words nor a single statement meant to be misleading. You do not need to know the number of their flight or the age of David, only that he is the youngest of the three.
I will worship anyone who answers this correctly. If you give up, PM me for the answer.
Debo37, WeaselJOE37, and Muskrat01 are all forbidden from answering, as they go to my school.
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