Before Peter's death, he decides to give his 11 horses to his 3 sons, 1/2 of these 11 horses for his favorite son, 1/3 for another son, and 1/6 for another.

The 3 sons have to manage to find a way to do it, help them

Question

Before Peter's death, he decides to give his 11 horses to his 3 sons, 1/2 of these 11 horses for his favorite son, 1/3 for another son, and 1/6 for another. 

The 3 sons have to manage to find a way to do it, help them

lgbasallote · Answer

they cooked the horses

anonymous · Answer

lol they can't, they need the horses for their personal use

anonymous · Answer

living horses

saifoo.khan · Answer

Report @lgbasallote for spamming.

anonymous · Answer

lol :D

lgbasallote · Answer

the others are ponies

anonymous · Answer

theres no play on words, 11 horses who can't make kid with each others

lgbasallote · Answer

he has only one child

anonymous · Answer

no, he has 3 children..

mathmate · Answer

They put money together in the same ratio, buy an extra horse, and divide according to the father's will.

anonymous · Answer

who's gonna buy it? all the 3 sons have are 11 horses left by his dad

mathmate · Answer

It sounds like you have the answer.  Let me know when you are ready to share it.

mathmate · Answer

There is another version of the same problem where the fractions add up to 11/12.  So they only had to borrow a horse (or a virtual horse), divide up, and return the horse.
Here the fractions add up to 1, so the trick does not apply.

anonymous · Answer

alright

11 / 2 = 5...1  ---> he has 5 horses in reserve, and every 2 days he need 1 extra horse
11 / 3 = 3...2 ---> he has 3 horses in reserve, and every 3 days he need 2 extra horses
11 / 6 = 1...5 ---> he has 1 horse in reserve, and every 6 days he need 5 extra horses

anonymous · Answer

basically after everyone gets their basic horses, there are 2 horses left for them to share with each other

mathmate · Answer

Good job!

anonymous · Answer

http://puu.sh/13HhA

anonymous · Answer

a cycle of 6 days