Solution #87: Dinner for Three

The shepherd who had three loaves should get one coin and the shepherd who had five loaves should get seven coins.

If there were eight loaves and three men, each man ate two and two-thirds loaves. So the first shepherd gave the hunter one third of a loaf and the second shepherd gave the hunter two and one-third loaves. The shepherd who gave one-third of a loaf should get one coin and the one who gave seven-thirds of a loaf should get seven coins.


Source: Sloane, Paul
Categories: Reasoning, Pitfall
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