11-01-2006, 04:51 PM
Jangar Wrote:I agree, it's the mixing of sums / equations
How about this one:
A farmer dies leaving 17 cows to his sons. The eldest is to recieve one-half of the cows, the middle one one-third and the youngest one one-ninth. How did they manage to solve this, without harming any cows ?
One of the cows was pregnant (or whatever it's called in cows). So, they waited till it calved and then shared them 9, 6 and 3.