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    Updated: Oct 26, 2024
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    Q:There are 20 pieces of bread to divide among 20 people. A man eats 3 pieces, woman eats 2 pieces and a child eats half piece of bread. Tell the correct combination of men, women and children so that they are 20 people in total and everyone gets the bread. Note that a man cannot eat less than 3 or more than 3. A woman cannot eat less than 2 or more than 2 and the child cannot eat less than half or more than half piece of the bread. You have to tell there are how many are men, women and children in those 20 people.

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  • Saandeep Sreerambatla

    MemberApr 29, 2010

    Men = 1

    Women = 5

    Children = 14

    Total = 1*3 + 5 *2 + 14*.5 = 20..
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  • sauravgoswami

    MemberApr 30, 2010

    I go with ES...
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  • silverscorpion

    MemberMay 7, 2010

    Ya, that's right.
    But is that the only answer?

    Two equations with three unknowns, so there are many answers possible, right?
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  • Red Hawk

    MemberMay 10, 2010

    X+Y+Z=20
    3X+2Y+0.5Z=20
    These are the two equations. X,Y,Z are the number of breads.
    In simple maths, there can be many answers possible. But here, we are dealing with number of persons. So we cannot take decimal answers. This is the only integer answer possible i think.
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  • Morningdot Hablu

    MemberMay 11, 2010

    i go with ES
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  • vefadar

    MemberMay 18, 2011

    here we got 2 equations,
    x+y+z=20, and 3x+2y+0.5z=20
    then after solving last equation we get 6x+4y+z=40,
    from this one i do following: x+y+z+5x+3y=40, as x+y+z=20 then 20 +5x+3y=40, then 5x+3y=20,
    as you see here x can be only 1, x=1 , because another answers are not valid with 3y,
    so x=1 then y to be 5,y=5, 5*1+3*y=20, x=1,y=5 is only solution for this equation, so z=14, from x+y+z=20
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  • Aza Chen

    MemberJul 22, 2011

    Got the ans. thnx
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  • bhavnatalesara

    MemberJul 27, 2011

    This can also be the answer.
    Men=4
    Women=3
    Children=2
    Check=(4*3)+(3*2)+(4*0.5)=20
    N there may be many more answers....if not so then why?
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  • Oaneaa

    MemberJan 14, 2012

    there is only an answer because there are 20 people....
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