2007-01-10 04:42:54 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
They borrow a camel, give one son 9, one 6, and the last 2.
Then they return the extra one they borrowed.
2007-01-10 04:47:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Take 1 toy camel (don't ask smarta$$ questions, just do it) and add to the 17 camels.
Now you have 18
Son 1 will get 9 camels (1/2 of 18)
Son 2 will get 6 camels (1/3 of 18)
Son 3 will get 2 camels (1/9 of 18)
Total ==== 17 camels
Take back your toy camel and give it to your kid who's crying his lungs out for snatching it away in the first place.
2007-01-10 21:34:49 · answer #2 · answered by lusktuffar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sons decided they didn't want to carry on the family business of camel farming, so they sold the 17 camels for, lets say £18 ...(!).
The first son got £9 - 1/2
The second son got £6 - 1/3
The third son got £2 - 1/9
The last £1, which was 1/18 of the total amount, went to the government as inheritance tax...!
2007-01-10 05:34:03 · answer #3 · answered by lilyangele 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first guy is right. That was my answer, too.
If you do the math, dividing the numbers without borrowing a camel, one son gets 8.5, another son gets 5.666, and the last son gets 1.888. If you round up each one to the next whole number, you get 9, 6, and 2, which equals 17.
No son can complain that he didn't get what his father left him, because each got more than the stated fraction's worth of camels. Each was rounded up!
Great job!
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2007-01-10 05:05:56 · answer #4 · answered by OhWhatCanIDo 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So, let me get this straight, the sick bastard is going to give his son a 1/2 a camel?
Why?
2007-01-10 04:57:18 · answer #5 · answered by prizefyter 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chop the camels into pieces
2007-01-10 04:49:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
he cant because that only adds up to 17/18 of his camels.
1/2=9/18
1/9=2/18
1/3=6/18
9/18+2/18+8/18=17/18
2007-01-10 04:49:49 · answer #7 · answered by ikabod_69 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
to the 1st son he left 3 the second he left 4 and to the 3rd he left 10, " he must have been his favourite
2007-01-10 05:05:28 · answer #8 · answered by steve p 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sheik was an accountant
2007-01-10 05:14:30 · answer #9 · answered by Ankit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he also gives one camel to his daughter
2007-01-10 05:03:45 · answer #10 · answered by littlblueyes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋