When subbaiah died, he willed his 17 horses to the sons, to be divided as follows: First son to get 1/2 of the horses, second son to get 1/3 of the horses and third son to get 1/9 of the horses. The sons are sitting there trying to figure out how this can be possibly done, when a wise man goes riding by. They stop him and ask him to help them solve their problem. With out hesitation he divides the horses properly and continues riding on his way. How did he do it?
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Answer:
Well, this puzzle is interesting. you have to think such that with the solution everybody is happy and no body will suffer a loss.
Let’s see the problem first.
we have 17 horses to be divided among three sons with the ratio as given.
1st son — half of the horses (17/2)=8.5
2nd son — one third of horses (17/3)=5.66
3rd son — one ninth of horses (17/9)=1.88
Now all the results are in fraction so the horses cannot be distributed like this. What will the traveling mathematician do to solve it.
It’s simple. He will add his horse to the group of horses. So in total we have 18 horses now. Now let’s see the scenario again.
1st son — half of the horses (18/2)=9
2nd son — one third of horses (18/3)=6
3rd son — one ninth of horses (18/9)=2
So in total 17 horses will get distributed among the three sons and the traveling mathematician will take his horse and leave.:)
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he will tied all the horses with a rope and 1 to 2nd and 3rd to 4 and the he will sit at the last horse and will tide