A Farmer has 5 sons and 17 cows and he wants to give each son equal portions. How can he do this.?

He gives each son three cows and then sells the remaining two cows for 5x dollars. He then gives each son an aditional x dollars.

Give each son 3 cows and sell the rest. When he sells the other 2, split the money between the 5 sons

Each son gets 17/5 cows. That'd be 3.4 cows each.

Each son would get 3 cows, and two cows would have to be sacrificed.

To do it in the smallest 'pieces' of the two cows that have to be cut up, you'd have to cut each of them into three pieces. Two pieces of .4 cow and one .2 cow (for each of the 2 cows). That way each of four sons gets one .4 cow 'piece', and the fifth son gets two .2 cow 'pieces'.

To be really equitable, and give each son not only equal amounts but also equal 'quality', you either have to make hamburger from both of the 'leftover' cows and split that, or sell the cows and split the money.

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without cutting up cows, he gives each 3.

If he's distributing the other 2 cows as steaks, each kids gets 3 and 2/5ths cow

Each son gets three. He keeps two for himself.

Barbecue!

dis-inherit one son!!