[/)eathKiller]

Attention: Only Read Below if You want this whole problem spoiled kinda as I managed to work it out in my head while reading it over 3 times and listening to Greek music, I doubt the music was a major factor but I figured I'd let you know the conditions I was under when I came to the conclusion of this problem [img]tongue.gif[/img]

So there are 3 kids, and the oldest is a violin player... I knew 6 and 7 year old violin players ... so that doesnt help much

but given these facts the only logical answer is that the house number was the product of the numbers which when multiplied are 36 so there is only one answer [img]tongue.gif[/img] 1 x 1 = 1 x 36 = 36 s

o you add that up and you get 1 + 1 + 36 which is 38 which is their house number and since the oldest one plays the violin the childrens ages are 10, 10, and 18 [img]tongue.gif[/img] but ah! not so! Because the sum does not equal 36

so we try again [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Alright 1 X 3 X 12 = 36


Bingo! [img]tongue.gif[/img] the violin player is 12, and their house number is 16

but then again. . .

If it was an incredibly YOUNG violin player, like the kind i've met... the children could be

1 x 4 x 9 so the violin player might be 9

OR the two younger kids could be 2 and the violin player 9

OR the violin player could be 4 and the kids could each by 3 whichi s highly doubtable... [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Anyway I've said everything I can come up with at this point...