You are given 3 jugs of water
X, an empty jug with a capacity of 19L
Y, a 13L jug filled with water
Z, a 7L jug filled with water.
Through pouring and without using any additional tools/containers you have to give me 2 jugs with 10L each. Can you help me?
To practice, there is a nice xls sheet with animation to give you company.
Solution:
X Y Z
0 13 7
7 13 0
19 1 0
12 1 7
12 8 0
5 8 7
5 13 2
18 0 2
18 2 0
11 2 7
11 9 0
4 9 7
4 13 3
17 0 3
17 3 0
10 3 7
10 10 0
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Ankur Aggarwal
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Sandip Chaudhuri
vbr
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Boy,
I wanted to give you the solution. I have solved this one before.
Why did you provide the solution too?
Voracious Blog Reader
Comment by Voracious Blog Reader — March 27, 2008 @ 9:38 pm
vbr….
it was under the more section….
so unless the guys explicitly goes and presses for that, he won’t get the answer.
do u think i should have not provided the answer
Comment by Ankur Aggarwal — March 28, 2008 @ 3:16 am
You could have waited for a couple of days.
No one would believe that I solved the puzzle if the solution has already been provided.
Voracious Blog Reader
Comment by Voracious Blog Reader — March 28, 2008 @ 3:17 pm
since when did u start caring about what others feel about u.
so go ahead and congratulate yourself for solving this puzzle and start applying for Mensa.
Comment by Ankur Aggarwal — March 28, 2008 @ 7:27 pm
very interestng puzzle
i njoyed it
Comment by anand — May 6, 2008 @ 7:24 pm