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- Subject: Dividing apples
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- Date: 24 Jan 93 16:02:37 GMT
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- Hi Netters,
-
- Here is a SIMPLE problem I came acroos long ago.
- I am posting it because I think it has a wonderful
- solution.
-
- Suppose there are 25 identical apples. How many
- ways can you divide them among three people? Also,
- all the apples must be divided among them.
-
- EXAMPLE: person 1 person 2 person 3
- -------- -------- ---------
- 1 20 4
- 5 0 20
- HAVE FUN!
-
- -Prasad Padmanabhan
- Dept. of ECE
- University of Massachusetts
- Amherst MA 01003
-