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Hint .. The Man Who Counted (Chapter 3)

Extracted from: The Man Who Counted, by Malba Tahan

From the city of "Samarra", on the banks of the Tigris, will camel SAMIR Beremiz calculator and a young bagdalí road from Baghdad to visit the Caliph "Al-MotAcer." In an oasis attend the discussion of three Bedouin on the distribution of an estate, because they could not agree.

Beremiz was interested in the problem and asked about him. Mustafa, one of them spoke thus:

"We are three brothers and our father has bequeathed to us 35 camels and sharing the following condition: For me, I am the oldest will be half, for my brother
medium, Hamet, the third
to Harim, the small, only one-ninth .
In the name of Allah, the three venerable accept the will of our father! The problem is that we go well the deal. He expanded as follows:
If we make two equal piles, I accounts for 17 camels and over 1.
If we make three equal piles with 35 camels, 11 camels Hamet incumbent and over 2.
If we make nine equal piles, my beloved little Harim, correspond 3 camels and about 8.
is, to me under more than 17 camels, but less than 18 .
A Hamet, more than 11 but less than 12 . Harim
A more than 3 but less than 4. "



Thinking about calculator Beremiz said: Allah be praised! I will give you the solution. Asked the young

bagdalí his camel (which is not what I wanted to leave) and joining the cafile and said "I will do the fair and accurate the cafile camels as you can see, now we are 36 camels to raise the ours. (The young bagdalí thought it was going to be without his camel). You

Mustafa will receive half of 36 camels, ie 18.
To Hamet is the third of 36, which is just 12 .
You little Harim, you will receive the ninth of 36, ie 4 camels.

All have earned with my cast, and you know you had to have received more than 17, 11 and 3 respectively. Follow

Beremiz:
"18 + 12 + 4 = 34.
From cafile of 36 camels left over 2.
One, as you know is for my young friend bagdalí, we left him to make the deal.
The other is left is just do my part for having resolved favorably for you, the complicated problem of inheritance. Gathered

separate the three brothers were pleased and Mustafa, on behalf of the three said: "You're intelligent, alien, accept your deal done with justice and equity. Take the camel you want. " And so he resolved a difficult problem to others and that the wit and wisdom could be addressed.