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  • Cebby
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    • Apr 2005
    • 22327

    #16
    Re: Riddle/Math Problem

    What part did he leave out?

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    • dkgojackets
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      • Mar 2005
      • 13816

      #17
      Re: Riddle/Math Problem

      It always give that scenario, then says something like.

      "The brothers got together but were stumped and didn't know how to divide the horses. Then an old man rode by and proposed a solution that made each brother happy.

      What was his solution?"

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      • Cebby
        Banned
        • Apr 2005
        • 22327

        #18
        Re: Riddle/Math Problem

        Originally posted by dkgojackets
        It always give that scenario, then says something like.

        "The brothers got together but were stumped and didn't know how to divide the horses. Then an old man rode by and proposed a solution that made each brother happy.

        What was his solution?"
        That makes a lot of sense. The math part is simple and an obvious compromise, but it's not correct math.

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        • Chaos81
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          • Mar 2004
          • 17150

          #19
          Re: Riddle/Math Problem

          Originally posted by dkgojackets
          It always give that scenario, then says something like.

          "The brothers got together but were stumped and didn't know how to divide the horses. Then an old man rode by and proposed a solution that made each brother happy.

          What was his solution?"
          That's more or less the way I've always heard it.

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