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All elephants are to be divided without leaving anyone of them behind. Can you solve it?

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A king dies after writing an agreement to divide the elephant power to his three sons, the first son has to get 1/2 of elephants, second son gets 3/4th of remaining elephants left after giving away to the first son, third son gets 1/2th of remaining elephants left after giving away to the second son. The total number of elephants are 15. All elephants are to be divided without leaving anyone of them behind. Can you solve it?

posted Jul 2, 2017 by Avijit Maity

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