Today's Question - A traveling Knight found himself lost and hungry on the road to Coventry. Two pilgrims happened along. One had 5 long loaves of bread and the other had 3. The 3 agreed to share the bread equally. After they ate, the Knight gave them 8 silver coins and left. How should the pilgrims split the money?

Reveal Answer Answer - The temptation is to split the eight coins 5 and 3. But the Pilgrims didn't sell the loaves to the Knight they all shared equally. So 8 loaves divided among 3 people is 2 2/3 loaves apiece. Thus, the Pilgrim with 3 loaves only had to give in 1/3 loaf. The fellow with 5 had to give in 2 1/3 loaves (7/3). So the split is 7 and 1.

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