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THE ELDEST IS 8 YEARS OLD AND THE 2 YOUNGER ONES ARE 3 YEARS OLD. LET'S BREAK IT DOWN. THE PRODUCT OF THEIR AGES IS 72. SO THE POSSIBLE CHOICES ARE: 2, 2, 18 - SUM(2, 2, 18) = 22 2, 4, 9 - SUM(2, 4, 9) = 15 2, 6, 6 - SUM(2, 6, 6) = 14 2, 3, 12 - SUM(2, 3, 12) = 17 3, 4, 6 - SUM(3, 4, 6) = 13 3, 3, 8 - SUM(3, 3, 8 ) = 14 1, 8, 9 - SUM(1,8,9) = 18 1, 3, 24 - SUM(1, 3, 24) = 28 1, 4, 18 - SUM(1, 4, 18) = 23 1, 2, 36 - SUM(1, 2, 36) = 39 1, 6, 12 - SUM(1, 6, 12) = 19 THE SUM OF THEIR AGES IS THE SAME AS YOUR BIRTH DATE. THAT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM 1 TO 31 BUT THE FACT THAT JACK WAS UNABLE TO FIND OUT THE AGES, IT MEANS THERE ARE TWO OR MORE COMBINATIONS WITH THE SAME SUM. FROM THE CHOICES ABOVE, ONLY TWO OF THEM ARE POSSIBLE NOW. 2, 6, 6 - SUM(2, 6, 6) = 14 3, 3, 8 - SUM(3, 3, 8 ) = 14 SINCE THE ELDEST KID IS TAKING PIANO LESSONS, WE CAN ELIMINATE COMBINATION 1 SINCE THERE ARE TWO ELDEST ONES. THE ANSWER IS 3, 3 AND 8 NO ONE IS TALLER, BOTH ARE SAME AS A AND B ARE THE SAME PERSON. AS IT IS MENTIONED THAT 500 MEN ARE ARRANGED IN AN ARRAY OF 10 ROWS AND 50 COLUMNS ACCORDING TO THEIR HEIGHTS. LET'S ASSUME THAT POSITION NUMBERS REPRESENT THEIR HEIGHTS. HENCE, THE SHORTEST AMONG THE 50, 100, 150, ... 450, 500 IS PERSON WITH HEIGHT 50 I.E. A. SIMILARLY THE TALLEST AMONG 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ..... 48, 48, 50 IS PERSON WITH HEIGHT 50 I.E. B. NOW, BOTH A AND B ARE THE PERSON WITH HEIGHT 50. HENCE BOTH ARE THE SAME THE SWITCH WILL BE IN THE OFF POSITION. AFTER SWITCHING 4 TIMES, THE SWITCH WILL RETURN TO ITS ORIGINAL POSITION. SO, 3922 / 4 = 980 WITH REMAINDER 2. THE SWITCH WILL BE AT MEDIUM POSITION AFTER SWITCHING 3920 TIMES, AND AT OFF POSITION AFTER ANOTHER 2 SWITCHES BILL IS THE QUARTERBACK, KEN IS THE RECEIVER, AND MARK IS THE KICKER. SINCE BILL IS KEN'S FATHER-IN-LAW, BOTH BILL AND KEN MUST BE MARRIED. THIS LEAVES THE ONLY REMAINING PERSON, MARK, TO BE THE BACHELOR (AND HENCE THE KICKER). SINCE BILL IS TALLER THAN THE RECEIVER, BILL MUST NOT BE THE RECEIVER. BY PROCESS OF ELIMINATION, WE CONCLUDE THAT BILL IS THE QUARTERBACK. THE REMAINING POSITION (THE RECEIVER) GOES TO KEN