Question

A worker is to perform work for you for seven straight days. In return for his work, you will pay him 1/7th of a bar of gold per day. The worker requires a daily payment of 1/7th of the bar of gold. What and where are the fewest number of cuts to the bar of gold that will allow you to pay him 1/7th each day?

Answer 1

im going to make a picture to help explain this assume () is 1/7 of the gold bar and / is a cut in the bar
() / ()() / ()()()()
A B C
1st day is A
2nd day is B
3rd day is A&B
4th day is C
5th day is A&C
6th day is B&C
7th day is A&B&C
hope this helps -j (: