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8 April, 20:16

Como podríamos saber cuantos camellos le corresponden a cada hermano en realidad

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  1. 8 April, 22:08
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    Eldest brother = 18 camels

    2nd brother = 12 camels

    Youngest brother = 4 camels

    Step-by-step explanation:

    Question posted:

    How could we know how many camels actually correspond to each brother?

    It is from "the man who calculated":

    The question is incomplete without the background information.

    Based on the question, It has to do with sharing an inheritance of 35 camels among 3 brothers.

    "The man who calculated", by Malba Tahan.

    Since the complete question isn't available, we are going to look at the following question to understand how to do the calculation.

    Question:

    How can an inheritance of 35 camels be divided among three brothers in such a way that the eldest brother gets half of them, the second one gets 1/3 of the total and the youngest brother gets 1/9 of the total camels?

    Solution:

    Total number of camels = 35

    Eldest brother gets half: 1/2 of 35 gives a fraction and not an whole number

    2nd brother = 1/3 of 35 (gives a fraction)

    3rd brother = 1/9 of 35 (gives a fraction)

    Since we can't have a camel in fraction except in whole number, we would look for the closest number to 35 that would be divided by 2, 3 and 9 respectively without giving a fraction.

    Number 36 is the closest number to 35 that satisfies this condition.

    1st brother = 1/2 * 36 = 18 camels

    2nd brother = 1/3 * 36 = 12 camels

    3rd brother = 1/9 * 36 = 4 camels

    Now let's add the camels the 3 brother got together = 18 + 12 + 4 = 34 camels

    Total camels - amount shared = 35 - 34 = 1

    Meaning one camel is remaining. The distributor would keep the remaining one as that's the way such distributions could be achieved.
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