Logic Q

[Amina-DZ]

Originally posted by phylay
Good mate! I understand now why I didn't figure it out! I assumed the bezants division fair and looked for a solution with the first man getting 3 bezants and not 4

Oh! Why the blue face? The question was "Was the division fair?"; never assume anything!!

It was confusing me a bit as well! I can easily imagine this happening in real life and people taking the wrong amount of money


Anyway, I checked the solution and here it is:

Was the division fair?

No.

Each man ate a third of the five loaves (5/3). Therefore, the first man gave 4/3 to the soldier (and kept 5/3 for himself), whereas the second man gave only 1/3 (and ate 5/3). The soldier's money should have been divided in proportion of the amount of food each man gave to the soldier. As these quantities are in a 4 to 1 ratio, the first man should have taken 4 coins and the second man only 1 coin.

[phylay]

Thanx for the clarification
In the future, I will first consider the unfair case

[Amina-DZ]

Another one:

Two ferry boats start at the same instant on opposite sides of the river. One is faster than the other. They cross at a point 720 yards from the left shore on their way to their respective destinations, where each one spends 10 minutes to change passengers before the return trip. They meet again at a point 400 yards from the right shore.

How wide is the river?

Gosh I have no idea where to strat with this one!

[phylay]

L = 1760 yards.

another one?

[phylay]

V2 = 1.44444xV1
V1 being the speed of the boat coming from the left

[Amina-DZ]

let me check the answer!!!

[Amina-DZ]

Answer: 1760 yd, or exactly 1 mile.

I'll post the long answer or may be there is no need to since you solved it, I'll try to understand it