Tuesday puzzle

Re: Tuesday puzzle

Jim Rutten

It doesn't seem fair to me unless they were real expensive energy bars. He would be paying $8 for 2 2/3rds energy bars. Seems to me he should pay a buck a bar and there is the real math problem since you would have pay the guy who provided 5/8ths of the bars 5/8ths times $2.66 which is $1.66 cents and the guy who provided 3/8ths of the bars 3/8ths times $2.66 which is $1. That, to me at least, should be sufficient for the 2 2/3rds bars he gets. Then again what do I know?

Maybe, but

Alex Y

while $1 per energy bar may seem like a fair price when standing at the grocery store checkout, when faced with hunger, $3 each didn't seem an unreasonable price to Charlie. Anyway, that is the deal they agreed on. The only question is how the money should be divvied up.

Re: Tuesday puzzle

Bill Earl

8 bars divided by three is 2 2/3 or 8/3 each.

The camper with 5 bars has 2 1/3 or 7/3 to spare.

The camper with 3 bars has 1/3 to spare.

So, 7 coins for 7/3 and 1 coin for 1/3 seems fair.