Thursday 4 December 2014

Rice for the Festival



            At a certain festivity a rich man decided to distribute free rice to deserving people. He had altogether 100 kilos of rice and he wanted to distribute the grain to 100 people in such a manner that each old person received three kilos each young person two and each child half a kilo. How many old persons, young persons and children were there?

Answer:     one of the answers is that there were 5 old persons, 25 young persons and 70 children.

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