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Thursday, May 17, 2007

Holy Cow! - The Solution

1. Title: Holy Cow!

A farmer brings his cows to market for sale.
The 1st buyer buys half of the farmers cows, plus 1/2 a cow.
A 2nd buyer buys half of the remaining (after the 1st buyer) cows, plus 1/2 a cow.
The 3rd and final buyer buys half of the remaining (after the 1st and 2nd buyers) cows, plus 1/2 a cow.
All three buyers bought whole cows.
The farmer sold all of his cows he brought to market.

How many cows did the farmer bring to market?

Answer: Seven

Solution:
The 1st buyer bought 1/2 of seven = 3.5, plus 1/2 a cow (.5) = 4 cows (leaving 3 cows remaining)
The 2nd buyer bought 1/2 of the three remaining = 1.5, plus 1/2 a cow (.5) = 2 cows (leaving 1 cow remaining)
The 3rd buyer bought 1/2 of the one remaining = .5, plus 1/2 a cow (.5) = 1 cow


Congratulations to all who solved the puzzle. Look for "Who is that man?"

1 Comments:

  • At 9:10 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    i was right, i was right yayyyyyyyyyyyyy :) CI=========> its a sword

     

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