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Crccyme1214 Posted 9 years ago
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17 pens
One person has 17 pens. This person wants to divide the pens, but cannot break any pens in half. The pens need to be divided between three people. One person gets 9, the other two people get 1/2 and 1/3. What is the answer please?
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One person gets 9 pens. One person gets 1/2 of what the 9-person got, or 4 pens - to the nearest whole pen. One person gets 1/3 of what the 9-person got, or 3 pens.
- One person gets 9 pens.
- One person gets 1/2 of what the 9-person got, or 4 pens - to the nearest whole pen.
- One person gets 1/3 of what the 9-person got, or 3 pens.
- So there is 1 pen left over that no one gets.
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One person gets 9 pens. One person gets 1/2 of what the 9-person got, or 4 pens - to the nearest whole pen. One person gets 1/3 of what the 9-person got, or 3 pens. So there is 1 pen left over that no one gets.
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