SOLUTION: given a gold bar that can be cut exactly twice and a contractor that must be paid one seventh of a gold bar everyday for seven days how should the bar be cut?
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: given a gold bar that can be cut exactly twice and a contractor that must be paid one seventh of a gold bar everyday for seven days how should the bar be cut?
This question is from textbook Fundamentals of Math
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
cut twice into three pieces __ 1/7, 2/7, 4/7
1st day __ pay with 1/7
2nd day __ pay with 2/7, get 1/7 change
3rd day __ pay with 1/7
4th day __ pay with 4/7, get 1/7 and 2/7 as change
continue pattern
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