Here is a curious question that is more perplexing than it looks at first sight.
Abraham, an infirm old man, undertook to dig a ditch for two dollars. He
engaged Benjamin, an able-bodied fellow, to assist him and share the money
fairly according to their capacities. Abraham could dig as fast as Benjamin
could shovel out the dirt, and Benjamin could dig four times as fast as Abraham
could do the shoveling.
How should they divide the money? Of course, we must assume their relative abilities for work to be the same in digging or shoveling.
How should they divide the money? Of course, we must assume their relative abilities for work to be the same in digging or shoveling.
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