英语翻译A man has 3 sons and 17 horses.he is going to give them
英语翻译 A man has 3 sons and 17 horses.he is going to give them the horses .the eldest son will get one half .the younger one will get one third and the youngest one will get one ninth .how many horses will each of them get.
They did not want to sell or kill any of the horses an they could not think of a way to divide the horses exactly as their father wished. Just then their next door neighbor came riding along on his horse and listened to their problem. Immediately the neighbor thought of a way to divide the horses just as their father had wished. The neighbor added his horse to the sons' horses which brought the total to 18. Then the oldest son took half which is 9 the second son took 6 which is one third and the youngest took 2 which is one ninth- the total being 17. The neighbor then rode his horse away. 这其实是一个英文谜语
直接回答说,theres was 17 horses but they didn't want to kill any horse. their neighbour decided to help them by bringing one of his horse, which means there are 18 horses in total. the horses were divided just as their father had wished. afterwards, the neighbour took away his horse.