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17 cows problem
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| July 29th, 2016 at 5:12:24 AM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 241 Posts: 6108 | A farmer has 17 cows. He dies, leaving a will that states that the cows will be divided among his three sons according to the following proportions: Adam: 1/2 Bill: 1/3 Charlie: 1/9 Obviously, there is 1/18 not accounted for. How should the 17 cows be divided? The question for the poll is how many cows should Charlie get? Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| July 29th, 2016 at 5:21:03 AM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 76 Posts: 12501 | 2 I rounded to a whole number Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| July 29th, 2016 at 5:43:35 AM permalink | |
| Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | Cows? I think its more Bull that is involved in this. Give everyone their proportionate share and cut up a cow to do it. Then go cut up the lawyer what drafted the will. Note Cows do not sleep standing up; cow tipping is for City Boys being initiated into a fraternity. Or for dice setters, who will believe anything except math. |
| July 29th, 2016 at 6:10:41 AM permalink | |
| miplet Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 8 Posts: 975 |
Adam 9 Bill 6 Charlie 2 "...remind me of clue: Colonel Mustard in the billiard room with the candlestick."- Derek Morgan |
| July 29th, 2016 at 6:14:51 AM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
Hamburger. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| July 29th, 2016 at 6:48:53 AM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 241 Posts: 6108 |
Why are you distributing the 1/18 share not accounted for in the will by the weight of each share? Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| July 29th, 2016 at 6:52:07 AM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 76 Posts: 12501 |
In the words of the People's court Judge Millian that has dealt with these types of issues "Rough justice" :-) Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| July 29th, 2016 at 7:51:54 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 165 Posts: 6238 | even if there were 18 cows, the will does not divide them up right. Probate probably would do the 9,6,2 though. A mathematician apparently would possibly see something I don't LOL. I can't believe the answer is to butcher a cow to divide it I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| July 29th, 2016 at 10:07:27 AM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 241 Posts: 6108 | As I think we've seen in the Prince case, where there is no will, or the will doesn't say, all siblings have equal weight. So, I submit for consideration that the younger one should get 17*(1/9) + 17*(1/18)*(1/3) = 2.2037 cows. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| July 29th, 2016 at 11:22:07 AM permalink | |
| Ayecarumba Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 89 Posts: 1744 | Since the will doesn't provide instructions for the leftover 0.0556 cow, the entire herd should be sold, the proceeds distributed, and the leftover portion added back to the estate. I assume the farmer's wife would get the leftover portion, since she gets the farmhouse and the truck. |