A man is the owner of a winery who recently passed away. In his will, he left 21 barrels (seven of which are filled with wine, seven of which are half full, and seven of which are empty) to his three sons. However, the wine and barrels must be split so that each son has the same number of full barrels, the same number of half-full barrels, and the same number of empty barrels.( Note that there are no measuring devices handy).

How can the barrels and wine be evenly divided?

The only thing you can do with the barrels is pour them. So, if you take one of the full barrels, and one of the half-barrels, and pour them down the drain, each son gets two full, two half-full, and three empty barrels.
Problem solved!

Posted by DJ on 2003-08-07 10:56:09