This is one of those brain teasers that sounds like it's impossible to solve but you can work through it (like the logic puzzle of Cheryl's birthday). A mathematician tells a census taker he has 3 children. The product of their ages is 72 and the sum of their ages is the house number. The census taker tries to figure it out but explains he still does not know. The mathematician says, "Of course not. I forgot to tell you my oldest child loves chocolate chip cookies." Now the census taker figures it out. What are the ages of the children?
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