Question

Three hedgehogs have three pieces of cheese weighing `5`, `8`, and `11` grams. A fox offers to help the hedgehogs divide the cheese equally. The fox can bite off one gram from each of two cheese pieces of its choice. Can the fox, using these actions, reach a state where it leaves the three hedgehogs with equal pieces of cheese?

Difficulty level (1 very easy - 10 very hard): 3

Topics:
Arithmetic Algebra -> Word Problems Proof and Example -> Constructing an Example / Counterexample Combinatorics -> Case Analysis / Checking Cases -> Processes / Procedures Combinatorics -> Case Analysis / Checking Cases -> Processes / Procedures Number Theory -> Division
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Noam Faibish - 3 years ago
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