It is a will of father of three sons. He has 17 elephants.
He wanted his first ( eldest) son to take half amount of Elephants and in the remaining elephants the second son would get remaining half of elephants. the third son will get remaining elephants.
Can any one help to resolve this issue of sharing the elephants with out killing the them
thank you!!!
I am not getting sleeep because of this quiery
2006-08-03 03:35:58 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Thanks MIKE
But his neighbour does not have elephants
2006-08-03 04:15:41 · update #1
I know the answer!!!
why shud I tell
what woud I get
2006-08-03 03:53:17 · answer #1 · answered by SWEETIE 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Give away one elephant, or find a probate attorney willing to work for one elephant in pay.
That will leave you with 16 elephants: first sone gets 8, second son gets 4; third son gets 4.
As an alternative, if you hid the first elephant until the end then said "oops, I forgot this one" and give it to the third son (since it is "remaining."
This solution is philosphically similar to the "borrow an elephant" solution. In both cases, the sons do not get exactly the right number of elephants, they get an approximation. If the sons are happy with this concept then the best solution would be to round mathematically:
Son 1 gets 17/2 = 8.5, rounded up = 9 elephants.
Son 2 gets half of remaining = 4 elephants
Son 3 gets last 4 elephants.
This is the same as the "borrow an elephant" scenario. The "give away or pay the lawyer" solution may be better because son 1 gets less than his rightful share, but more than the others anyway. This is really an exercise in equitable parenting :-)
2006-08-03 04:41:47 · answer #2 · answered by hbarrass 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This was always an easy one. Borrow an elephant from next door - you have 18. Give 9 to first son, leaving 9. Give back the one you borrowed, leaving 8. Then sons 2 and 3 get 4 each QED
2006-08-03 04:10:35 · answer #3 · answered by MIKE S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has no solution for this. The numbers of elephants must be the multiple of 4. For example, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20... Otherwise one of elephant must be sent out.
2006-08-03 03:48:16 · answer #4 · answered by cjc2002 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
kill the 2 elder sons & give the remaining elephants to the youngest. he's the only one allowed to get the remaining elephants. other wise you gotta cut elphants in half.
2006-08-03 03:45:01 · answer #5 · answered by enord 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, thats weird...you cant split 17 in half w/ having to cut in half one of the elephants too...im guessing somehow it rounds up to 9, then the other two get four. if thats not right, then its a riddle type thing, and im no good at those so yeah...
2006-08-03 03:43:13 · answer #6 · answered by Billy C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ah well... its all elephants to me.
2006-08-03 03:41:04 · answer #7 · answered by Sorcha 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
eldest --8
middle--4
youngest---5
2006-08-03 03:45:41 · answer #8 · answered by Jatta 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋