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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