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Interesting problems in world mathematics
1. The will of Arab mathematician Hua Razmi, when his wife was pregnant with their first child. "If my dear wife gives birth to a son for me, my son will inherit two thirds of the inheritance and my wife will get one third; If it is a girl, my wife will inherit two-thirds of the inheritance and my daughter will get one-third. " .

Unfortunately, the mathematician died before the child was born. What happened after that made everyone more troubled. His wife gave birth to twins, and the problem happened in his will.

How to follow the mathematician's will and divide the inheritance among wife, son and daughter? 2. How much water is there in the bucket?

One owner hired workers and gave them the following assessment:

"Give you a bucket, half a bucket of water, no more, no less. But be careful, you can't measure it with sticks, ropes or anything else. "

The worker used his brains and finally finished the task. How did he do it? 3. When did the snail climb the well?

A snail accidentally fell into a dry well. It lay at the bottom of the well and began to cry. A toad (Lai) crawled over and said to the snail in a muffled voice, "Don't cry, little brother! It's no use crying. The shaft wall is too high. If you fall here, you can only live here. I have been here for many years, and I haven't seen the sun for a long time, let alone want to eat swan meat! " The snail looked at the old and ugly toad and thought, "What a beautiful world outside the well! I can never live in a dark and cold well like it! " The snail said to the toad, "Uncle toad, I can't live here. I have to climb up! "! How deep is this well? ""Ha ha ha ..., are you kidding! The depth of this well is10m. How can you climb up with such a heavy shell at a young age? " "I am not afraid of suffering, not afraid of being tired. I can always climb out after a while every day! " The next day, the snail ate and drank enough and began to climb the wall. It kept climbing and finally climbed 5 meters at night. The snail was very happy and thought, "At this rate, I can climb up tomorrow night." Thinking about it, it fell asleep unconsciously. In the morning, the snail was awakened by a purr. At first glance, it turned out that Uncle Tu was still sleeping. It was surprised: "How come I am so close to the bottom of the well?" It turned out that this snail slipped 4 meters from the borehole wall after falling asleep. The snail sighed, gritted his teeth and began to climb again. At night, it climbed another 5 meters, but at night the snail slipped another 4 meters. Climb and climb, and finally the strong snail climbed up the well platform. Children, can you guess how many days it will take a snail to climb the drilling platform?