H. E. Dudeney, Amusements in Mathematics (1917) No. 112 · Puzzles · Arithmetical puzzles
A Puzzling Legacy
A man left a hundred acres of land to be divided among his three sons--Alfred, Benjamin, and Charles--in the proportion of one-third, one-fourth, and one-fifth respectively. But Charles died. How was the land to be divided fairly between Alfred and Benjamin?
H. E. Dudeney, Amusements in Mathematics (1917) · No. 112
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