Puzzle 8-10-08 (spoiler)
Wyverex
wyverex.cypher at gmail.com
Mon Aug 11 10:03:21 PDT 2008
Wyverex wrote:
> The Abbott's Puzzle
>
> "If 100 bushels of corn were distributed among 100 people in such a
> manner that each man received three bushels, each woman two, and each
> child half a bushel, how many men, women, and children were there?"
T min( T ) (T a, T b) { return (a<b?a:b); }
void main()
{
int c,w,m;
for(c = 0; c <= 100; c+=2)
{
for(w = 0; w <= min(50, 100-c); w++)
{
m = 100 - (c+w);
if( ((c/2) + (w*2) + (m*3)) == 100 )
printf("Men:%d Women:%d Children:%d\n", m, w, c);
}
}
}
Men:2 Women:30 Children:68
Men:5 Women:25 Children:70
Men:8 Women:20 Children:72
Men:11 Women:15 Children:74
Men:14 Women:10 Children:76
Men:17 Women:5 Children:78
Men:20 Women:0 Children:80
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