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17 Sweets: Solve This One!

A school holds a competition. The prizes when summed up, total 17 sweets. Now they are to be distributed in the following manner:

First Place – 1/2

Second Place – 1/3

Third Place – 1/9

How many sweets does each place winner get?

The answer is here.

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27 Responses to “17 Sweets: Solve This One!”

  1. Qurrat says:

    My brain is dead. School tortures me enough.
    -_-
    Now this.
    :P

  2. SAWJ says:

    We were all tortured. Come on, try it out! :D

  3. aqeeliz says:

    Heh, isn’t that a remake of old incident of Hazrat Umar (or was it Hazrat Ali?)

    So, should I post the answer or let others figure it out first? :)

  4. Asma says:

    What kind of a rubbish school is this thats giving away SWEETS as prizes. Name it!

    I’ll never send my children there. Decided!

    And why are you asking us to solve the GRE problems for you? Or do you want to confirm if the questions you missed out are equally un-doable by rest?

    :p

  5. SAWJ says:

    @Aqeeliz: It was Hazrat Ali (A.S.). Let the others figure out! ;)

    Or just post the answer!

    @Asma: Stop complaining! :P

    And it’s not a GRE question. You being such an old reader, should know! :shock:

  6. Hira S. says:

    None. The principal ate them.
    If it was a government school at least.

  7. SAWJ says:

    Nope, it aint a govt. school, solve to karo! :D

  8. aqeeliz says:

    Well, as no one has been able to solve it yet, I guess I should post the results :)

    1st Prize = 9 sweets
    2nd Prize = 6 sweets
    3rd Prize = 2 sweets

    Now, what do I get? :D

  9. SAWJ says:

    The prize was claimed 1400 years ago dude! :P

  10. Saadat says:

    No wonder this isn’t a GRE question. GRE questions are to be solved as they are; this one needs to be fiddled with. (Yes, I took the hint from Aqeeliz’s answer. :D )

    I am now curious about the incident you guys are talking about.

  11. SAWJ says:

    Don’t worry, I’m going to post it as the answer. :D

  12. Saadat says:

    Never mind. I already googled it. ;)

  13. SAWJ says:

    Post the answer then! ;)

  14. SAWJ says:

    Hey, how’d you know? Email me! :D

  15. Saadat says:

    If it’s not clear from my previous comment, I reverse engineered the solution after looking at the answer Aqeeliz post, hence my comment of “fiddling with the question”. :)

    *Edited by SAWJ*

  16. SAWJ says:

    LOL! I’m editing your comment dude, don’t want to let other know! ;)

  17. Saadat says:

    Haha! Go ahead!

  18. SAWJ says:

    Thanks man. You not on digg?

  19. Asma says:

    tell me too :/

  20. SAWJ says:

    Oh no, no way! Waise you should at least try to remember yar. :D

  21. Asma says:

    :’(

    chalo aaj shaam may :s

  22. Asma says:

    batao … :P

  23. SAWJ says:

    Okay okay!

    @All: The post has been edited to include the answer!

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