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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