You've got someone working for you for seven days and a gold
bar to pay them. The gold bar is segmented into seven
connected pieces. You must give them a piece of gold at the
end of every day. If you are only allowed to make two breaks
in the gold bar, how do you pay your worker?
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Answer Posted / balaji
first cut in the ratio 4,3,then place 3 above 4 and cut.Now
u'll have 1,2,2,2.
Day 1-give 1
Day 2-get 1 and give 2
Day 3-give 1
Day 4-get 1 and give 2
Day 5-give 1
Day 6-get 1 and give 2
Day 7-give 1
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