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Todays puzzle 15-11-2011

CMA Ankur Pandey (Govt.Job) (4401 Points)

15 November 2011

You’ve got someone working for you for seven days and a gold bar to pay them. The gold bar is segmented into seven connected pieces. You must give them a piece of gold at the end of every day. If you are only allowed to make two breaks in the gold bar, how do you pay your worker?

Solution Of Todays Puzzle 14-11-2011

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vikas (Manager) (118 Points)
Replied 15 November 2011

yaha bhi rakho na solution bhai..

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CA Rahul Bajaj (Paid Assistant) (37 Points)
Replied 15 November 2011

We will brake the gold bar two times so that we can get three pices of it as1st pc will contain ''1 Gold Segment", 2nd pc contain "2 Gold Segment" and remaining pc have "4 Gold Segment". Now we will pay in following manner-

Day 1 - "1 Gold Segment" pc should be given to worker

Day 2 - "2 Gold Segment" pc should be given and taken back "1 Gold Segment" pc

Day 3 - Again "1 Gold Segment" pc should be given

Day 4 - "4 Gold Segment" pc should be given and taken back "1 & 2 Gold Segment" pc

Day 5 - Again "1 Gold Segment" pc should be given

Day 6 - "2 Gold Segment" pc should be given and taken back " 1 Gold Segment" pc

Day 7 - Finally "1 Gold Segment" pc should be given.

Thats all

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CMA Ankur Pandey (Govt.Job) (4401 Points)
Replied 15 November 2011

Originally posted by : vikas

yaha bhi rakho na solution bhai..

I was also planning to do so,but the interest while reading puzzle will lost........i hope u understand this

CMA Ankur Pandey (Govt.Job) (4401 Points)
Replied 15 November 2011

Originally posted by : vikas

yaha bhi rakho na solution bhai..

I was also planning to do so,but the interest while reading puzzle will lost........i hope u understand this

Vikas (Chartered Accountant) (162 Points)
Replied 15 November 2011

Ans is...

We make pcs as 1st part which contain 1pc then 2nd part which contain 2 connected pc and 3rd part which contain which contain 4 connected pcs. so the break will be after 1st pc and 3rd pc. so it is only 2 breaks and breaks bar into 3 parts as i mentioned.

At the end of day first we pay 1 pc. second day we pay 2nd part which contain 2 pcs and take back 1st day pc. On third day we pay 1 part pc to make it 3. On fourth day we take back all pcs and pays 3rd part contains 4 pcs. on fifth day we pay 1st part means 1 pc. on sixth day we pay 2nd part which contain 2 pcs and take back 1st part of 1 pc. on seventh day we pay rest which is 1st part of 1 pc.