There is a group of 7 blondes who are invited for a party by their friend.
Theblondes decide to take a taxi.
The taxi driver takes them to the place
The meter shows $. 28/-, so the taxi driver says, "You have to pay me
$.
28/-."
Now, the blondes have to share the cost among themselves and so they
decide
to divide the total ($. 28/-) by the number of people, i.e. 7.
This is how they do the calculation to arrive at the answer:
____
7 | 28 = 13 ( 7 x 1 = 7, 7 x 3 = 21 ).
7
--
21
21
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0
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The driver is exceedingly happy upon receiving $ 13/- from each of
the
blonde. He thanks them profusely and the feeling of happiness is
writtern
on his face as he leaves them and proceeds his way.
Seeing this, the blondes feel that they may have made a mistake.
They decide to ask the host about it
They ask her to check their calculation of the taxi fare.
She ponders over the calculations and finally says, "See, I am
not
good at division. The process just boggles me but addition is something
I am
an expert at. Let us add all the amounts you guys gave to the taxi
driver
and check the result. This is how I do for those tax forms I get very
often. The process is slow but is sure." The other sardars nod their
heads
(?) in appreciation.
The President writes as shown below and also explains as he writes on:
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
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28
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i.e. 3+3+3+3+3+3+3= 21 and 21+1+1+1+1+1+1+1=28 so this checks out.
She then says, "Yes, it's correct
2006-12-18
16:22:11
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