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Two Secret Integers

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posted Aug 01 '12

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I am thinking of two integers, each of them is more than 1 and their sum is less than 100. I tell my friend A the sum of these two numbers, and another friend B, product of these two numbers. Then the following dialog took place :

  • B: I can't determine what are these numbers.
  • A: Ah, I knew you wouldn't be able to do this.
  • B: Oh, then i know what they are !
  • A: Oh, then i know them too !

What are the numbers?

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