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A worker is to perform work for you for seven straight days. In return for his work, you will pay him 1/7th of a bar of gold per day. The worker requires a daily payment of 1/7th of the bar of gold. What and where are the fewest number of cuts to the bar of gold that will allow you to pay him 1/7th each day?

Asked In cts Rupam Daware (8 years ago)

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Md Nadeem Showkat  (8 years ago)

Just 2

Day One: You make your first cut at the 1/7th mark and give that to the worker.
Day Two: You cut 2/7ths and pay that to the worker and receive the original 1/7th in change.
Day three: You give the worker the 1/7th you received as change on the previous day.
Day four: You give the worker 4/7ths and he returns his 1/7th cut and his 2/7th cut as change.
Day Five: You give the worker back the 1/7th cut of gold.
Day Six: You give the worker the 2/7th cut and receive the 1/7th cut back in change.
Day Seven: You pay the worker his final 1/7th.

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Rahul shaw  (8 years ago)

6 number of cuts

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achyut  (8 years ago)

number of cuts is 2 and no of pieces is 3 (1/7 +2/7+4/7)

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chandrima roy  (8 years ago)

how?? can u plz explain

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karan kumar  (8 years ago)

let gold is 140 gm. and you give 1/7 part of gold per day . it means that every day u give 20 gm. so cuts will be. 6.

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