Wood problem
Three hunters in a forest burnt a fire. The first put 3 pieces of wood in fire, second put 5 pieces of wood into fire, and the third had no wood and gave 8 dollars to other two. How this 8 dollars should be divided between the first and the second? Enter number of dollars the second must get.
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1 solution
Every hunter get one third of the warmth and it is the warmth than 8/3 of pieces of wood give. First hunter gave 3 pieces and used 8/3 so it is 3-8/3=1/3 piece of wood that he gave to the third. Second hunter gave 5-8/3=7/3. So second gave 7 times more and he must get 7 dollars and the first 1 dollar.