I remember seeing this riddle a while back and I was pretty sure it was impossible to solve... or is it? Here's the whole riddle:
A man dies; his will leaves instructions on how his land should be divided among his 5 sons. He gives 3 basic rules for the division of the land:
1.) Each son must get a piece of land, they do not have to be equal sizes
2.) Each piece of land must touch one of the other son's piece of land, they must share more than just a point! (In other words, if there are two square pieces of land, then they have to share at least part of an entire side, not just the corner point!)
3.) No son's piece of land can be divided into two or more pieces; it has to be one continuous stretch of land. Nor can their pieces of land overlap each other!
Are his instructions actually possible to follow? Or is this an impossibility?
Sorry, I worded number 2 wrong:
2.) Each piece of land must touch EVERY OTHER ONE of the other son's piece of land, they must share more than just a point! (In other words, if there are two square pieces of land, then they have to share at least part of an entire side, not just the corner point!)
A man dies; his will leaves instructions on how his land should be divided among his 5 sons. He gives 3 basic rules for the division of the land:
1.) Each son must get a piece of land, they do not have to be equal sizes
2.) Each piece of land must touch one of the other son's piece of land, they must share more than just a point! (In other words, if there are two square pieces of land, then they have to share at least part of an entire side, not just the corner point!)
3.) No son's piece of land can be divided into two or more pieces; it has to be one continuous stretch of land. Nor can their pieces of land overlap each other!
Are his instructions actually possible to follow? Or is this an impossibility?
Sorry, I worded number 2 wrong:
2.) Each piece of land must touch EVERY OTHER ONE of the other son's piece of land, they must share more than just a point! (In other words, if there are two square pieces of land, then they have to share at least part of an entire side, not just the corner point!)