3 Friends shared 24 sweets, each getting a number equal to what his age had been 3 years previously The youngest said he would halve his share keep one share and divide the other half among his two friends But in order to do that the middle friend should promise to do the same Followed finally by the oldest When they had done this each friend was left with 8 sweets What are the ages of the friends?
just worked it out only to see that it had already been done But I agree with the answer 7, 10 and 16 Cheers E
But I should be interested to know where it came from. I am better at these than the cryptic crosswords Thanks
The puzzles come from a daily radio quiz, although some of the problems are made up by the listeners,so that some of the problems and answers are a bit weird
Thanks to everyone for their answers