You have 16 chocolates and you want to share it equally with your three friends. How will you share and how much will each get?
(Note : You cannot throw any chocolate away or divide the chocolate in half or one third)
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Posted 08 March 2013 - 02:47 PM
Spoiler for if i am correct then
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Posted 08 March 2013 - 04:43 PM
I have 3 friends,right?So then, including me, there are 4 people in total.So i can give 4 chocolates each to my friends and keep 4 chocolates with me!
(This is the very first answer i am giving.I suppose i am the latest member here!)
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Posted 08 March 2013 - 07:03 PM
I have 3 friends,right?So then, including me, there are 4 people in total.So i can give 4 chocolates each to my friends and keep 4 chocolates with me!
(This is the very first answer i am giving.I suppose i am the latest member here!)
Use spoilers buddy! The 'S' option!!
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Posted 08 March 2013 - 08:15 PM
A better question would had been: how do you share 17 chocolates equally with your three friends?
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Posted 09 March 2013 - 07:40 AM
A better question would had been: how do you share 17 chocolates equally with your three friends?
You forgot to put conditions here....?
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Posted 09 March 2013 - 09:27 AM
I have 3 friends,right?So then, including me, there are 4 people in total.So i can give 4 chocolates each to my friends and keep 4 chocolates with me!
(This is the very first answer i am giving.I suppose i am the latest member here!)
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Posted 09 March 2013 - 02:11 PM
I have 3 friends,right?So then, including me, there are 4 people in total.So i can give 4 chocolates each to my friends and keep 4 chocolates with me!
(This is the very first answer i am giving.I suppose i am the latest member here!)
Use spoilers buddy! The 'S' option!!
Thanks for that.Could you please tell me how to upload an image-just to make my answer more clear?I created a picture,but gave the answer without it because i couldn't find a way to attatch it!
Thanks again for your help.
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