[AT] Farmer's Math

[Charlie V]

Now I understand—it was the “extra” horse that really made things work out.
Would that work with a tractor collection of 17 tractors as well, or does
it only work with horses?
        Dave

Ummmmmm????   How many cylinders does each tractor have and was there a
last will involved???  Gasoline or diesel engines??  Forward speeds on
each???  How many with rubber tires and how many on steel??

I don't really care but the computer is asking these questions.

On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 1:47 PM, David Rotigel <rotigel at me.com> wrote:

> Now I understand—it was the “extra” horse that really made things work
> out. Would that work with a tractor collection of 17 tractors as well, or
> does it only work with horses?
>         Dave
> PS, Wonder where the extra horse came from in the beginning.
>
> > On Jun 20, 2016, at 1:30 PM, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > The trick is in the fractions.  1/2 + 1/3 + 1/9 does not add up to 1.
> >
> > Least common denominator is 18.  We have 9/18 + 6/18 + 2/18 = 17/18
> >
> > That's where that extra horse seems to make things work out.  It pushes
> the
> > total to the necessary 18/18.
> >
> > SO
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 1:14 PM, David Rotigel <rotigel at me.com> wrote:
> >
> >> A farmer died leaving his 17 horses To his three sons.
> >>
> >> When his sons opened up the will it Read:
> >>
> >> My eldest son should get 1/2 (half) of total horses;
> >>
> >> My middle son should be given 1/3rd (one-third) of the total horses;
> >>
> >> My youngest son should be given 1/9th (one-ninth) of the total horses.
> >>
> >> As it's impossible to divide 17 into half or 17 by 3 or 17 by 9,
> >>
> >> The three sons started to fight with each other.
> >>
> >> So, they decided to go to a farmer friend who they considered quite
> smart,
> >>
> >> To see if he could work it out for them.
> >>
> >> The farmer friend read the Will patiently, and after giving due thought
> >>
> >> He brought one of his own horses over and added it to the 17.
> >>
> >> That increased the total to 18 horses.
> >>
> >> Now, he divided the horses according to their father's will.
> >>
> >> 1/2     of 18 = 9. So he gave the Eldest son 9 horses.
> >> 1/3rd of 18 = 6. So he gave the Middle son 6 horses.
> >> 1/9th of 18 = 2. So he gave the Youngest son 2 horses.
> >>
> >> Now add up how many horses they Have:
> >>
> >> Eldest son  9
> >> Middle son  6
> >> Youngest son  2
> >>
> >> TOTAL = 17
> >>
> >> Now this leaves one horse over, so, the farmer friend takes his horse
> back
> >> to his Farm.
> >>
> >> Problem solved!
> >>
> >> (Scratch your head over how that was  accomplished....and let me know )
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
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