haha,who can do it,a hard question(only for foreigner,it is popular question in china)
A dying father owns three sons,wanting to divide him property.He has 17 sheep,he wants to give his eldest son half of them,and give his elder son one third of them,and give the youngest son one nineth of them,how to divide?how many sheep do every son get at last?
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hmmm....
he get's an extra sheep, now there's 18
the oldest son gets 9
the middle son gets 6
the youngest son gets 2
and there's 1 sheep left over, the extra sheep he put in before!
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so what is the right answer? is markboy gave the right answer or not? hehehehe ^^
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:@ Markyboy: I agree with you :) ;)
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whoo~~markyboy,u r very clever~~
It's the right answer.
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