Sheik's 23 camels?!
Question: Sheik's 23 camels!?
The old Sheik died and left a will!.
"To my dear wife Sultana, I leave all to you except my camels!.
To my sons leave my beatiful animals, But you must care for them well and not harm then in any way; or I bring the curse of Allah upon you all!.
To Omar, my eldest son, I leave exactly one third of all my camels!.
To Mustpha, My middle son, I leave exactly one half of all my camels!.
To Barack, my youngest son, I leave exactly one eigth of all my camels!."
And so it came to pass, that his last wishes were to be fulfilled!.
However, the old man`s herd of camels consisted of exactly 23 male camels!.
The three sons were at a loss as to how to share their inheritance in the correct proportions without cutting up at least one camel!.
They decided to visit the thier wise mullah (that wuold be me) to see if he could help!.
How should I act to resolve their problem!?
Here is a picture of my own gorgeous camel by the way:
http://www!.piffe!.com/funanimaux/chameau!.!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
"To my dear wife Sultana, I leave all to you except my camels!.
To my sons leave my beatiful animals, But you must care for them well and not harm then in any way; or I bring the curse of Allah upon you all!.
To Omar, my eldest son, I leave exactly one third of all my camels!.
To Mustpha, My middle son, I leave exactly one half of all my camels!.
To Barack, my youngest son, I leave exactly one eigth of all my camels!."
And so it came to pass, that his last wishes were to be fulfilled!.
However, the old man`s herd of camels consisted of exactly 23 male camels!.
The three sons were at a loss as to how to share their inheritance in the correct proportions without cutting up at least one camel!.
They decided to visit the thier wise mullah (that wuold be me) to see if he could help!.
How should I act to resolve their problem!?
Here is a picture of my own gorgeous camel by the way:
http://www!.piffe!.com/funanimaux/chameau!.!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Answers:
Put your own camel into the equation, then Omar would get eight camels, Mustapha would get twelve camels , and Barack would get three camels, leaving you with your own gorgeous camel!.!.!.!Www@Enter-QA@Com
The Sultan was nice enough to leave 1/24 of his camels un-accounted for!. Consequently, even with 23, nobody is going to come up short!. Just pretend there were 24 and divvy up!.
There's probably somebody to which he owes 1/24 of his herd, and when that person comes looking, THEN you have trouble!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
There's probably somebody to which he owes 1/24 of his herd, and when that person comes looking, THEN you have trouble!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Aha if left unchecked Barack would tax Omar 3 1/3camels and Mustapha 71/3 camels, but never tax himself, cute camel by the wayWww@Enter-QA@Com