BelgianBoy Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 A farmer passed away and left seventeen mules to his three sons.The instructions left in the will said that the oldest boy was to get one-half, the second oldest one-third, and the youngest one-ninth. The three sons, recognizing the difficulty of dividing 17 mules into these fractions began to argue. Their uncle Earl heard about the argument, hitched up his mule and drove out to settle the matter. Uncle Earl added his mule to the 17, making 18. The oldest therefore got one-half, or 9, the second oldest got one-third, or 6, and the youngest got one-ninth, or 2. Adding up 9, 6 and 2 equals 17. Then uncle Earl, having settled the argument, hitched up his mule and drove home. Uncle Earl is an occasional consultant to Arthur Andersen. BB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 Glad you put the answer in...i was about to cut one up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous_Dog Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 brialliant, I really like that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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