Lets try an easy one on gold pieces

1) You've got someone working for you for 7 days and a gold bar to pay them. The gold bar is segmented into 7 connected pieces. You must give them a piece of gold at the end of every day. If you are allowed to make only two breaks in the gold bar, how do you pay your worker?

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  • Neeraj Sharma
    Neeraj Sharma
    Divide it as piece with 4 segments, piece with 2 segments and piece with 1 segment

    1st day: give one piece that has one segment
    2nd day: take back one piece and give the part with 2 segments
    3rd day: give single segment piece also so that now servant has 2 segment piece and one segment piece to have 3 segments for 3 days
    4th day: take back all 3 segments and give the piece with 4 segments
    5th day: give one segment piece
    6th day: take one segment piece back and give two segment piece
    7th day: give the remaining one segment piece
  • sndgpr26
    sndgpr26
    Nick_Sharma
    Divide it as piece with 4 segments, piece with 2 segments and piece with 1 segment

    1st day: give one piece that has one segment
    2nd day: take back one piece and give the part with 2 segments
    3rd day: give single segment piece also so that now servant has 2 segment piece and one segment piece to have 3 segments for 3 days
    4th day: take back all 3 segments and give the piece with 4 segments
    5th day: give one segment piece
    6th day: take one segment piece back and give two segment piece
    7th day: give the remaining one segment piece
    thats right

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