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?

divide 2 full barrels among each son. suppose the remaining full barrel is given to the first son then to balance the quantity of wine give 2 half barrels to each of the other 2 sons. the remaining 3 barrels are given one to each son. the quantity of wine is the same with all of them except the no of barrels. so give 3 empty barrels to the first son and 2 each to the remaining sons. so each has the same no of barrels and wine

Posted by supriya on 2003-08-10 15:09:28