EidrahS Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 Can you solve this.? Two men are sitting and start eating the bread they brought. MAN A brought 5 loaves while MAN B brought 3 loaves. A third man MAN C walks passed them. They invite him to eat with them. They all ate the bread and when they were finished, MAN C stood up and gave them 8 pieces of gold, for the bread. He then left. The two men (MAN A & MAN B) started fighting as to how much each man should get from the 8 pieces of gold. MAN A said he should get 5 pieces and MAN B should get 3 pieces because thats the amount of bread each one brought. MAN B said that they should share the gold (4 pieces each) because everyone ate the same amount. They went to a judge and viewed thier case....the judge told MAN B to take the 3 pieces because at least MAN A was willing to give him 3 pieces of the gold. MAN B was angry and said that he wants what was RIGHTFULLY due to him. How much is RIGHTFULLY due to MAN A and to MAN B??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted April 15, 2002 Veteran Share Posted April 15, 2002 hmm...i dunno i do know they didn't eat the same ammount because 8 does not divide by 3... also, you probably wouldn't sue a friend over 8 pieces of gold :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheif_Bigfoot Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 I think man B should get 1/3 piece of gold if thats possible. otherwise I don't know. Hurry up and pm me or post the answer though it will drive me crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashiro Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 hmmm... They all ate the same (8/3)loaf or 2.666r A gave away (7/3)loaf or 2.333r B gave away (1/3)loaf or 0.333r C paid 8g for (8/3)loaf so 1g = (1/3)loaf Hence: A should get 7g and B gets 1g. Thankyou. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerf Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 Rightfully Man A and Man B should each get 4 gold pieces. Because both of them invited Man C to share the bread with them, there was no contract or anything like that to buy the bread. On the same note, Man C gave both of them 8 gold pieces to distribute among themselves. Therefore the "right" thing would be to split the gold evenly, regardless of the bread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheif_Bigfoot Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 ya that makes sense I had the 2 and 2/3 part but had Man C paying only 2.666 for what he ate. DOH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnifeFace Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 Play a game, the winner gets everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quboid Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 I don't follow... Adam bought 5 pieces. Brian bought 3. They were then effectively paid G8 for the bread. Right? It seems completely obvious that Adam should get G5 and Brian should get G3. I can't see it any way other than Brian is a petty git who wants more than he deserves. Could someone explain the tricky part of this to me? timdorr - the Gold might have been massive gold bars. I'd sue over that. I'd also invite Man C to eat with me a lot. Anyway, you can divide 8 by 3 as each loaf can be split into whatever size they wanted. But who sits down and eats 2 2/3 loaves of bread?? :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twist Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 A gets it all, possesion is 9/10 of the law Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashiro Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 MAN C stood up and gave them 8 pieces of gold, for the bread.. When did A grab all the loot? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EidrahS Posted April 15, 2002 Author Share Posted April 15, 2002 Okay so far ONLY ONE person has been right...... No not gold bars... MAN C just contributed to what he ate. He didnt say "share these gold pieces" as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twist Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashiro Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 Originally posted by twist :p Erm.. no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EidrahS Posted April 15, 2002 Author Share Posted April 15, 2002 yeah right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnifeFace Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 you have to admit my solution is better :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twist Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 bah, ok i see them leaving the court house, take all the gold, they get none i get it all. seems fair to me :D pheer my skills of deduction. sherlock homeboy ain't got nothin on me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EidrahS Posted April 15, 2002 Author Share Posted April 15, 2002 yeah you get it all ... buy some beer and drink yourself to a stand still......... THE ANSWER IS MAN A gets 7 & MAN B gets 1 (thats fair)......This is taken from an incident that really happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twist Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 umm how do you consider that fair? this question is pretty dumb, it has no reasoning to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centhy Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 Am I the only one here who thinks that Man C is stupid, and should have bought the bread much cheaper down at the store? :devious: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quboid Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 Originally posted by yashiro hmmm... They all ate the same (8/3)loaf or 2.666r A gave away (7/3)loaf or 2.333r B gave away (1/3)loaf or 0.333r C paid 8g for (8/3)loaf so 1g = (1/3)loaf Hence: A should get 7g and B gets 1g. Thankyou. :) Where do you get the 7 and 1 for what they gave away from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted April 15, 2002 Veteran Share Posted April 15, 2002 Originally posted by Kareemah This is taken from an incident that really happened. You're telling me someone took a guy to court over BREAD @_@ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashiro Posted April 16, 2002 Share Posted April 16, 2002 Originally posted by Xain Where do you get the 7 and 1 for what they gave away from? Each man eats the same. 8 loaves of bread divided by 3. (8/3)or (2:2/3) Man A started with 5 eats 2:2/3 gives away 2:1/3 (7/3) Man B started with 3 eats 2:2/3 gives away 1/3 (1/3) So the 8/3 for Mr C is made up of 7/3 from A and 1/3 from B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kintamanate Posted April 16, 2002 Share Posted April 16, 2002 Originally posted by Kareemah Can you solve this.? ... How much is RIGHTFULLY due to MAN A and to MAN B??? Are you trying to get us to do your math homework for you??:roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osiris Posted April 16, 2002 Share Posted April 16, 2002 lol wish I had of thought of comming on here and posing riddles to get my homework done :p So you trying to tell me a court awareded Man A with 7 and Man B with 1? Thats not fair nor just, no court in the world with Base it off a mathematical equation like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomis_nehc Posted April 16, 2002 Share Posted April 16, 2002 man D (me) walks in, clubs everyone and takes home the 8 "BIG" pieces of gold. answer: neither of them gets any seriously though, there's loopholes in the riddle. if not being too picky I think I would go with Yashiro's 2nd answer. (think the first he was thinking ratio-wise, hence one of the loophole of the not so wisely phrased riddle) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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