{"id":58,"date":"2016-05-11T15:05:26","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T19:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=58"},"modified":"2016-05-24T18:43:09","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T23:13:09","slug":"the-mathematicians-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=58","title":{"rendered":"The Mathematician&#8217;s Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A mathematician named Albert meets a colleague and says: &#8220;Nice to see you again John. How is life?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am prosperous, Albert, and happily married with three kids.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s nice. How old are they?&#8221; asked Albert.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The product of their ages is 36 and the sum is equal to the number of swans you can see in my private lake,&#8221; pointing out the window.<\/p>\n<p>Albert thought for a while, then he said. &#8220;That&#8217;s not enough information, John&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You are right, I forgot to tell you that the age sum divides that of their squares,&#8221; replied John.<\/p>\n<p>Albert thought for a while, smiled and said: &#8220;Ok, now I know how old they are, John&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>How old are the kids and how many swans are in the private lake?<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-58\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=58&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-58\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=58&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-58\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=58&amp;share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=58&amp;share=jetpack-whatsapp\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on WhatsApp\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mathematician named Albert meets a colleague and says: &#8220;Nice to see you again John. 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