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?
Choose the most appropriate option.
A) 1	B) 4	C) 3	D) 2	E) 6
D   Just 2   Day One: You make your first cut at the 1/7th mark and give that to the worker.   Day Two: You cut 2/7ths and pay that to the worker and receive the original 1/7th in change.   Day three: You give the worker the 1/7th you received as change on the previous day.   Day four: You give the worker 4/7ths and he returns his 1/7th cut and his 2/7th cut as change.   Day Five: You give the worker back the 1/7th cut of gold.   Day Six: You give the worker the 2/7th cut and receive the 1/7th cut back in change.   2ay Seven: You pay the worker his final 1/7th.
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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?