Who gets more money?
There are two people eating bread. One of them has 5 loaves of bread; the other one has 3. They invited a third person to eat with them. They ate all 8 loaves of bread, and out of appreciation he gave them 8 cents.
How do they should divide the money to be fair?
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There are two people eating bread. One of them has 5 loaves of bread; the other one has 3. They invited a third person to eat with them. They ate all 8 loaves of bread, and out of appreciation he gave them 8 cents.
How do they should divide the money to be fair?
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Who gave away the 8 cents?
– hat
39 mins ago
@hat The third person I would think
– deep thought
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How do they should divide the money to be fair?
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There are two people eating bread. One of them has 5 loaves of bread; the other one has 3. They invited a third person to eat with them. They ate all 8 loaves of bread, and out of appreciation he gave them 8 cents.
How do they should divide the money to be fair?
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Who gave away the 8 cents?
– hat
39 mins ago
@hat The third person I would think
– deep thought
37 mins ago
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Who gave away the 8 cents?
– hat
39 mins ago
@hat The third person I would think
– deep thought
37 mins ago
Who gave away the 8 cents?
– hat
39 mins ago
Who gave away the 8 cents?
– hat
39 mins ago
@hat The third person I would think
– deep thought
37 mins ago
@hat The third person I would think
– deep thought
37 mins ago
add a comment |
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They should
not divide it 5:3, as you might think, but rather 7:1.
The reason being
Although the first person provided 5 loaves and the second person 3, they each also ate some of their own loaves. If we assume they each ate an equal amount, then they each ate 8/3. So, the first person really provided 5 - 8/3 = 7/3, and the second person provided just 3 - 8/3 = 1/3. So, out of the 8 cents the third person gave, the first person should get 7 cents, and the second person 1.
answered 31 mins ago
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Isn’t it just:
The first person gets 5 cents as he bought 5 loaves
And:
The second person gets 3 cents as he bought 3 loaves
answered 35 mins ago
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I doubt it's as simple as that.
– hat
20 mins ago
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I would have assumed that since, evenly divided, each participant ate about 2 and 2/3 a loaf, and since the first person came with three, one loaf was provided by the first person and 1 and 2/3 provided by the other. Therefore if each 1/3 is a cent the first person would receive three cents and the second person five cents as suggested above.
But, in case it's far more convoluted than that..
The first sentence indicates only two people were eating bread. Although the third person was invited to eat, there's no indication he actually ate anything.. Therefore the 8 cents are divided evenly, 4 cents to each person.
answered 16 mins ago
mkinson
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all 3persons were eating :)
– Dear
3 mins ago
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They should
not divide it 5:3, as you might think, but rather 7:1.
The reason being
Although the first person provided 5 loaves and the second person 3, they each also ate some of their own loaves. If we assume they each ate an equal amount, then they each ate 8/3. So, the first person really provided 5 - 8/3 = 7/3, and the second person provided just 3 - 8/3 = 1/3. So, out of the 8 cents the third person gave, the first person should get 7 cents, and the second person 1.
answered 31 mins ago
deep thought
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They should
not divide it 5:3, as you might think, but rather 7:1.
The reason being
Although the first person provided 5 loaves and the second person 3, they each also ate some of their own loaves. If we assume they each ate an equal amount, then they each ate 8/3. So, the first person really provided 5 - 8/3 = 7/3, and the second person provided just 3 - 8/3 = 1/3. So, out of the 8 cents the third person gave, the first person should get 7 cents, and the second person 1.
answered 31 mins ago
deep thought
2,4661633
add a comment |
They should
not divide it 5:3, as you might think, but rather 7:1.
The reason being
Although the first person provided 5 loaves and the second person 3, they each also ate some of their own loaves. If we assume they each ate an equal amount, then they each ate 8/3. So, the first person really provided 5 - 8/3 = 7/3, and the second person provided just 3 - 8/3 = 1/3. So, out of the 8 cents the third person gave, the first person should get 7 cents, and the second person 1.
answered 31 mins ago
deep thought
2,4661633
They should
not divide it 5:3, as you might think, but rather 7:1.
The reason being
Although the first person provided 5 loaves and the second person 3, they each also ate some of their own loaves. If we assume they each ate an equal amount, then they each ate 8/3. So, the first person really provided 5 - 8/3 = 7/3, and the second person provided just 3 - 8/3 = 1/3. So, out of the 8 cents the third person gave, the first person should get 7 cents, and the second person 1.
answered 31 mins ago
deep thought
2,4661633
answered 31 mins ago
deep thought
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answered 31 mins ago
deep thought
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answered 31 mins ago
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Isn’t it just:
The first person gets 5 cents as he bought 5 loaves
And:
The second person gets 3 cents as he bought 3 loaves
answered 35 mins ago
D Manokhin
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I doubt it's as simple as that.
– hat
20 mins ago
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Isn’t it just:
The first person gets 5 cents as he bought 5 loaves
And:
The second person gets 3 cents as he bought 3 loaves
answered 35 mins ago
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I doubt it's as simple as that.
– hat
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Isn’t it just:
The first person gets 5 cents as he bought 5 loaves
And:
The second person gets 3 cents as he bought 3 loaves
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Isn’t it just:
The first person gets 5 cents as he bought 5 loaves
And:
The second person gets 3 cents as he bought 3 loaves
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I doubt it's as simple as that.
– hat
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I doubt it's as simple as that.
– hat
20 mins ago
I doubt it's as simple as that.
– hat
20 mins ago
I doubt it's as simple as that.
– hat
20 mins ago
add a comment |
I would have assumed that since, evenly divided, each participant ate about 2 and 2/3 a loaf, and since the first person came with three, one loaf was provided by the first person and 1 and 2/3 provided by the other. Therefore if each 1/3 is a cent the first person would receive three cents and the second person five cents as suggested above.
But, in case it's far more convoluted than that..
The first sentence indicates only two people were eating bread. Although the third person was invited to eat, there's no indication he actually ate anything.. Therefore the 8 cents are divided evenly, 4 cents to each person.
answered 16 mins ago
mkinson
781320
all 3persons were eating :)
– Dear
3 mins ago
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I would have assumed that since, evenly divided, each participant ate about 2 and 2/3 a loaf, and since the first person came with three, one loaf was provided by the first person and 1 and 2/3 provided by the other. Therefore if each 1/3 is a cent the first person would receive three cents and the second person five cents as suggested above.
But, in case it's far more convoluted than that..
The first sentence indicates only two people were eating bread. Although the third person was invited to eat, there's no indication he actually ate anything.. Therefore the 8 cents are divided evenly, 4 cents to each person.
answered 16 mins ago
mkinson
781320
all 3persons were eating :)
– Dear
3 mins ago
add a comment |
I would have assumed that since, evenly divided, each participant ate about 2 and 2/3 a loaf, and since the first person came with three, one loaf was provided by the first person and 1 and 2/3 provided by the other. Therefore if each 1/3 is a cent the first person would receive three cents and the second person five cents as suggested above.
But, in case it's far more convoluted than that..
The first sentence indicates only two people were eating bread. Although the third person was invited to eat, there's no indication he actually ate anything.. Therefore the 8 cents are divided evenly, 4 cents to each person.
answered 16 mins ago
mkinson
781320
I would have assumed that since, evenly divided, each participant ate about 2 and 2/3 a loaf, and since the first person came with three, one loaf was provided by the first person and 1 and 2/3 provided by the other. Therefore if each 1/3 is a cent the first person would receive three cents and the second person five cents as suggested above.
But, in case it's far more convoluted than that..
The first sentence indicates only two people were eating bread. Although the third person was invited to eat, there's no indication he actually ate anything.. Therefore the 8 cents are divided evenly, 4 cents to each person.
answered 16 mins ago
mkinson
781320
answered 16 mins ago
mkinson
781320
answered 16 mins ago
mkinson
781320
answered 16 mins ago
mkinson
781320
781320
all 3persons were eating :)
– Dear
3 mins ago
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all 3persons were eating :)
– Dear
3 mins ago
all 3persons were eating :)
– Dear
3 mins ago
all 3persons were eating :)
– Dear
3 mins ago
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Who gave away the 8 cents?
– hat
39 mins ago
@hat The third person I would think
– deep thought
37 mins ago