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How to divide the land in two equal part?

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A man is on his death bed. He has two sons. All these years, he has treated them equally and has not put any sort of discrimination between them. Now, he owns a land which he wants to divide equally between his sons before he takes his final breath. The only problem is that the land is not in any symmetrical shape and thus can’t simply be divided into two equal halves.

Can you figure out a method to divide the land without going through all the extensive measurements such that both sons are happy with their share of land ?

posted Mar 8, 2016 by Manish Tiwari

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Man will ask his one son to divide the land into two parts (by telling in advance that right of choose will be with the other one) and will ask other to choose first.

answer Mar 8, 2016 by Salil Agrawal
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The father is proposing that one of the sons divides the property while the other chooses his part. It is up to the them deciding who is acting first.

answer Mar 10, 2016 by anonymous



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