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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Robert was given 18/36 of the total tuning =
hammers,
Richard was given 12/36, and,Roger got 4/36. Now if you total this, you =
get
34/36. That's why, by adding one tuning hammer and doing dividing it, =
there are
2 left.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>Marcel Carey</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>-----Message =
d'origine-----</B><BR><B>De :
</B>Rogerio Cunha <<A
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href="mailto:rogeriocunha@openlink.com.br">rogeriocunha@openlink.com.br=
</A>><BR><B>À
: </B>Pianotech Mensagem <<A
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href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR><B>Date&nb=
sp;:
</B>26 juin, 1998 17:33<BR><B>Objet : </B>Tuner Puzzle ( NON
TECHNICAL)<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<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>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000></FONT> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000></FONT> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Bob gave half of them to Robert. Very good! Robert was happy =
because he
got 18 of them, instead of 17.5.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Then Bob gave 12 tuning hammers to Richard, who liked that =
better than
receiving 11.66667.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Bob gave 4 tuning hammers to Roger, who decided that four was =
more than
3.888.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Let's see: 18 + 12 + 4 = 34</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Bob gave Job back his tuning hammer, and still had one to keep =
for
himself!</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Rogerio Cunha - IC Member of the Guild - Rio de Janeiro</DIV>
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