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.
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.
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