Cow distribution.

A farmer had 17 cows. After his death, his will said 1/2th of the cows go to first son, 1/3 rd to the
second son and 1/9th to the third son.
While the sons where thinking on how to distribute the cows, they saw a wise old man passing by with his cow. On seeking help, he solved the riddle. What did he do?

Answer:
Since there were odd number of cows he added his cow to the group, so now there were 18 cows.
The first son took 1/2th of it, which is 8. The second took 1/3rd of 18, which is 6 cows and the last son took 2 cows, which is 1/9th of 18. Now the old man left the place with his cow.

How many candies to pick?

If a candy box contains 8 cherry candies, 5 orange candies and 4 lemon candies, then how many candies a person has to pick to get at least one of each type?

Answer: Since there are 8 cherry, 5 orange and 4 lemon candies, the person has to pick 14 candies to be sure that he has one of each type. This is because there is possibility that he picks all 8 cherry and 5 orange candies in the first 13 picks and the 14 pick will surely be a lemon in that case. So the sum of the maximums + 1 guaranties one of each color.

What song did he sing...?

A man is sitting in a pub feeling rather poor. He sees the man next to him pull a wad of Rs. 500 notes out of his wallet.

He turns to the rich man and says to him, "I have an amazing talent: I know almost every song that has ever existed."

The rich man laughs.

The poor man says, "I am willing to bet you all the money you have in your wallet that I can sing a genuine song with a lady's name of your choice in it."
The rich man laughs again and says, "OK, how about my daughter's name, Jenna Amarnath Mehta..?"
The rich man goes home poor. The poor man goes home rich.

What song did he sing...?


Answer: He sang "Happy Birthday"!