[SEL] Farmer's Math

[David Rotigel]

By Golly, Mark. Are you applying for the job of campaign director for Hillary?
	Dave

> On Jun 24, 2016, at 5:45 PM, Mark Shulaw <frappi at wcoil.com> wrote:
> 
> Correction : Its psychological. Made everyone think the division was 
> as specified. Its only perception that counts. If you think it's fair 
> then it is. In this case  the deceased farmers original division by 
> the number of horses would could not result in a equal division of 
> horses in any way other then mathematical. So the math could never 
> work out in a real life division.  By adding a horse to the bunch it 
> made the number divisible by the requirements of the will. Each got 
> mathematically what was specified with the addition, then the left 
> over went back to the other farmer. Leaving the sons nun the wiser. 
> All because the math then worked by adding a horse.  Then taking away 
> the left over horse in the end, nun noticed the inequity. The eldest 
> son gained a half a horse. Middle son gained a little less then a 
> half of a horse and the youngest got a lot less then his mathematical 
> proper cut with two. But this kinda shit is what makes for good 
> family fights at will time. At division time a family can reduce 
> themselves to gnawing pennies in half to avoid feeling cheated and 
> families torn apart for life.   Mark
> 
> At 01:14 PM 6/20/2016, you wrote:
>> A farmer died leaving his 17 horses To his three sons.
>> 
>> When his sons opened up the will it Read:
>> 
>> My eldest son should get 1/2 (half) of total horses;
>> 
>> My middle son should be given 1/3rd (one-third) of the total horses;
>> 
>> My youngest son should be given 1/9th (one-ninth) of the total horses.
>> 
>> As it's impossible to divide 17 into half or 17 by 3 or 17 by 9,
>> 
>> The three sons started to fight with each other.
>> 
>> So, they decided to go to a farmer friend who they considered quite smart,
>> 
>> To see if he could work it out for them.
>> 
>> The farmer friend read the Will patiently, and after giving due thought
>> 
>> He brought one of his own horses over and added it to the 17.
>> 
>> That increased the total to 18 horses.
>> 
>> Now, he divided the horses according to their father's will.
>> 
>> 1/2     of 18 = 9. So he gave the Eldest son 9 horses.
>> 1/3rd of 18 = 6. So he gave the Middle son 6 horses.
>> 1/9th of 18 = 2. So he gave the Youngest son 2 horses.
>> 
>> Now add up how many horses they Have:
>> 
>> Eldest son  9
>> Middle son  6
>> Youngest son  2
>> 
>> TOTAL = 17
>> 
>> Now this leaves one horse over, so, the farmer friend takes his 
>> horse back to his Farm.
>> 
>> Problem solved!
>> 
>> (Scratch your head over how that was  accomplished....and let me know )
>> 
>> 
>> 
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