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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>This is adapted to tuner from a Mathematical
book.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>An old tuner who had 35 tuning hammers died. =
In his
will he left 35 tuning hammers to three boys who were studying with him. =
In his
will he said that Robert was to receive half of the tuning hammers; =
Richard was
to receive 1/3 of the tuning hammers, and Roger was to receive 1/9 of =
the tuning
hammers</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>The 3 boys had a big problem: how to cut the =
tuning
hammers in pieces in order to fulfill the <FONT color=#000000 =
face=""
size=3>terms </FONT>of the will.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Let's see: 35/2= 17.5 ; 35/3= 11.66667 ;
35/9=3.8888</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Just then two tuners dropped in to visit =
them: Bob, an
old RPT, and Job a tuner who had his tuning kit and all his tools with
him.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Bob tried to help the boys and said to Job, "Job, please, give =
me your
tuning hammer."Job said, "What for? What you want to do with
it?". Bob said, "<FONT color=#000000 face="" size=3>Give =
it </FONT>to
me and I will solve the boy's problem".</DIV>
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<DIV>Job gave the <FONT color=#000000 face="" size=3>tuning =
</FONT>hammer to
Bob, and Bob added it to the other 35, so now there were 36 tuning
hammers.</DIV>
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<DIV>Bob gave half of them to Robert. Very good! Robert was happy =
because he got
18 of them, instead of 17.5.</DIV>
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<DIV>Then Bob gave 12 tuning hammers to Richard, who liked that better =
than
receiving 11.66667.</DIV>
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<DIV>Bob gave 4 tuning hammers to Roger, who decided that four was more =
than
3.888.</DIV>
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<DIV>Let's see: 18 + 12 + 4 = 34</DIV>
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<DIV>Bob gave Job back his tuning hammer, and still had one to keep for
himself!</DIV>
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<DIV>Rogerio Cunha - IC Member of the Guild - Rio de Janeiro</DIV>
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