Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/218 - The Farmer's Sons/Solution

Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $218$

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A farmer once had a square piece of ground on which stood $24$ trees, exactly as shown in the illustration.

He left instructions in his will that each of his eight sons should receive the same amount of ground and the same number of trees.

How was the land to be divided in the simplest possible manner?

Solution

Sources

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Solutions: $218$. -- The Farmer's Sons
• 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Answers: $299$. The Farmer's Sons