Cut Gold Puzzle
You've got someone working for you for seven days and a gold bar to pay them. The gold bar is segmented into seven connected pieces. You must give them a piece of gold at the end of every day. If you are only allowed to make two breaks in the gold bar, how do you pay your worker? 
Solution: 
            Let us consider the gold  bar like this, 
 
       
 Lets split the chain as,
  
           Day 1: Give A.(+1)
           Day 2: Get back A, give B.(-1, +2)
           Day 3: Give A.(+1)
           Day 4:Get back A and B, give C. (-2,-1,+4)
           Day 5:Give A. (+1)
           Day 6:Get back A, give B. (-1,+2)
           Day 7:Give A.(+1) 
     
                
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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