Delta-K,  Problem Solving,  Volume 38, Issue 2

Ages of John’s Three Daughters

Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association

Volume 38 Issue 2, May 2001

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Ages of John’s Three Daughters

Klaus Puhlmann

My friend John and I were traveling on the train from Edson to Vancouver to attend a mathematics conference. Because we had the compartment to ourselves, we could talk about anything and everything. We discussed the math sessions we intended to attend, but soon our conversation entered the personal realm.