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?

you don't need to pour any of them into another, all you have to do is give 3 full barrels, 1 half full, and 3 empty barrels to 2 of the sons. The other son gets 1 full, 5 half full, and 1 empty barrel. This way all the sons get a total of 3 1/2 barrels of wine, and 7 barrels

Posted by steve on 2003-08-11 12:26:01