10 October 2013

Puzzle – alligation?

While it is not exactly about mixing liquids, it involves pouring liquids alright.
You have three containers whose capacity are 12 gallons, 8 gallons and 5 gallons respectively. The 12 gallon container is filled with water and the other two are empty. You have nothing else. You have to divide the water into two parts of 6 gallons each. In other words, by a sequence of pouring from one container to the other, you have to eventually have 6 gallons in the 12 gallon container and another 6 gallons in the 8 gallon container.
How would you do it?



Posted October 10, 2013 by Rajib Roy in category "Puzzles

18 COMMENTS :

  1. By Rajib Roy (Post author) on

    Madhu, I should have repeated the rules from the past. You do not post answers on comments section. Send a personal message to me, this allows others to try. The answer, however is correct!

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  2. By Rajib Roy (Post author) on

    Debasis, dude you are not supposed to send answers on the comment section. The answer is right though

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  3. By Rajib Roy (Post author) on

    Answer to the puzzle:
    start with: 12 – 0 – 0
    pour from first to second 4 – 8 – 0
    pour from second to third 4 – 3 – 5
    pour from third to first 9 – 3 – 0
    pour from second to third 9 – 0 – 3
    pour from first to second 1 – 8 – 3
    pour from second to third 1 – 6 – 5
    pour from third to first 6 – 6 – 0 !!

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