Equitable distribution of

One hot afternoon, two farmers in the shade under a tree. One, called Ram, another called Mejia. Both serve with a delicious lunch of bread. Ram with a three bread, Mejia with a 5. Just when they are ready for lunch, a businessman passing through here.

"Good afternoon, gentlemen." Businessman regards Ram and Mejia. Businessman looking tired and hungry, so Ram and Mejia invited him to lunch with them. "However, we are three, how divided these eight bread then?" Ram embarrassed. "We put together the bread, then cut each bread equal three." Mejia suggested. Cut the bread, they mean the bread into three, each person is not more nor less. After eating bread, businessmen insist to give them money.

Ram and shia decline can not afford to, had to accept. Merchants left, the number two of a number of coins: 8. "Eight gold, two people. We each of four gold coins." Ram said. "It's not fair." Mejia loudly against: "I have five of bread, you have only three. So I should get 5 gold coins, you can only get three." Ram do not want to quarrel, but he did not want to hope Asian 5 gold coins. "We do award went to the village head. He is a just man."

Ram said. Long Hair Yassin village they came home, the whole thing was told him. Maulvi like a long time and finally said: "The distribution of money by fair means is to take seven gold Mejia, get a Ram." "What?" Ram exclaimed. "Why do I deserve to 7?" Mejia also find it very strange. When the Maulvi to explain his reasons for the distribution, the Ram, and Mejia did not raise objections to this allocation again. It really is a fair ruling? To know whether the decision Maulvi fair, answer these questions: 1.8 How much bread is cut into pieces?

2. How much to eat each piece of bread? 3. Lahm bread was divided into how many pieces? 4. Ram ate 8 pieces of bread, left a few left to businessmen? 5. Chillaz bread was divided into how many pieces? 6. Schiavone eat eight of bread, left a few left to businessmen? Maulvi Ram decided to only give a coin, and to Mejia 7, because the eight businessmen eat only a piece of bread is the bread come from the Ram, while the remaining seven are shia's. May wish to look at the answer: 1.8 × 3 = 24 2.24 ÷ 3 = 8 3.3 × 3 = 9 4.9-8 = 1 5.5 × 3 = 15 6.15-8 = 7

Then you might ask, since bread is a heap together, if the businessmen of bread to eat eight of which four is the Ram, and 4 is a shia, or other circumstances, but so what? If you all may have taken into account, and then calculate, you will find that the result remains the same. That is because whatever is, everyone ate the eight bread, Ram or eat their own bread, or eat Mejia's. This Ram does not belong to each eat a piece of his bread, he owes a gold Mejia. In his account to pay the debts Mejia, he left only one gold coin.