An old farmer died and left 17 cows to his three sons. In his will, the farmer stated that his oldest son should get 1/2, his middle son should get 1/3, and his youngest son should get 1/9 of all the cows. The sons, who did not want to end up with half cows, sat for days trying to figure out how many cows each of them should get.
One day, their neighbour came by to see how they were doing after their father's death. The three sons told him their problem. After thinking for a while, the neighbour said: "I'll be right back!" He went away, and when he came back, the three sons could divide the cows according to their father's will, and in such a way that each of them got a whole number of cows.
What was the neighbour's solution?
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2006-12-08 12:58:31 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
one of the cows gave birth, or he killed a cow? one of them was a bull?
2006-12-08 13:02:44 · answer #1 · answered by i must be bored, im on Y answers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The neighbour borrowed an extra cow, to make the total number of cows 18. Then the oldest son got 1 / 2 of 18 is 9 cows, the middle son got 1 / 3 of 18 is 6 cows, and the youngest son got 1 / 9 of 18 is 2 cows. Since 9+6+2 = 17, the cows could be divided among the three brothers in such a way that the borrowed cow was left over, and could be returned to its owner
2006-12-08 13:01:55 · answer #2 · answered by Ellexiz 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The oldest son gets 3, the middle son gets 4 and the youngest gets 10, making 17 cows total.
Oldest=1/2 1+2=3
Middle=1/3 1+3=4
Youngest=1/9 1+9=10
The neighbor left to check the will and the number of cows!
2006-12-08 14:55:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The oldest son got 9 cows, the middle son got 6 cows and the youngest son got 2 cows.
2006-12-08 13:26:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the older son got 3 cows the middle son got 4 cows and the younger son got 10 cows
2006-12-08 13:02:58 · answer #5 · answered by Charliee[[JB]]<33 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The neighbor took some of the cows
2006-12-08 13:01:31 · answer #6 · answered by yourdestiny_1969 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he gave them a cow .
the number became 18
half to the oldest = 9
third to the middle = 6
ninth to the youngest =2
if you add those you have 17 , which leaves one cow that the neighbor takes back .
2006-12-08 13:00:28 · answer #7 · answered by shogunly 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the oldest son gets 9, middle son gets 5, youngest son gets3
2006-12-08 13:06:19 · answer #8 · answered by phil g 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-25 00:00:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Another cow...
2006-12-08 13:03:12 · answer #10 · answered by Stacey 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋