>>>8 4 1.
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>>No, that is not the solution.
>>> I guess the question is when is a son old enough to have a room upstairs.
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>>Any statement about "the oldest son" can be used for the third clue; what the son does is irrelevant. For example, "My oldest son is playing in the park", or "My oldest son is asleep", or "My oldest son likes such-and-such music".
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>>>You didn't say old man which would rule out an answer like 7 4 and 2.
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>>You don't know the age of the second man, but we can be quite sure that he knows his own age.
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>Ok. That is simply ruling an elder set of twins.
>Let me think on it some more.
Simply get all the age combinations that add up to 13. There are not that many of them.
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