3 stockmen are travelling through the outback in the Northern Territory. They each start with seven one-litre cartons of fruit juice.

Halfway through their trek they check their supplies. They have seven full cartons, seven empty cartons and seven half-full cartons. How should the cartons be equally shared among the three stockmen?( you cant transfer juice from one carton to another)

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3 stockmen are travelling through the outback in the Northern Territory. They each start with seven one-litre cartons of fruit juice.

Halfway through their trek they check their supplies. They have seven full cartons, seven empty cartons and seven half-full cartons. How should the cartons be equally shared among the three stockmen?( you cant transfer juice from one carton to another)

anonymous · Answer

It should be split like this:
Man 1: 3 full cartons and 1 half carton
Man 2: 2 full cartons and 3 half cartons
Man 3: 2 full cartons and 3 half cartons

anonymous · Answer

That way, each man has a total of 3 and one half cartons of juice. That's ignoring the empty cartons btw...

anonymous · Answer

yeap thx heaps