Propositiones ad Acuendos Juvenes/Problems/12 - De Quodam Patrefamilias et Tribus Filiis Eius

by : Problem $12$

 * De Quodam Patrefamilias et Tribus Filiis Eius: A father and his three sons
 * A father, when dying, gave to his sons $30$ glass flasks,
 * of which $10$ were full of oil,
 * $10$ were half full,
 * ''and the last $10$ were empty.


 * Divide the oil and the flasks so that each of the $3$ sons receives equally of both glass and oil.

Solution
To each son will come $10$ flasks, as follows:


 * To one son, give him all the half full flasks.
 * To the other sons, give them $5$ full flasks and $5$ empty ones.

Also presented as
Some sources state that the flasks contained wine rather than oil.