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Ammammata <ammammata@tiscali.it> posted:

Two old friends meet again after a long time and catch up on small talk
and their families.
The first says to the second: 'I have three children. The product of
their ages is 36 (for example 2x3x6). The sum of their ages is equal to
my house number,' and he points it out to him. 'How old are my three children?'
The second thinks for a moment and says: 'I can't answer with just that information.'
So the first says: 'The oldest has blue eyes.'
And the second friend guesses the three ages.

(in the usual language of Math Puzzles)

I am not certain that... in this context, [guesses] means what the problem OP intends = [could guess the answer correctly]

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