October 23, 2011

The wine bottle puzzle


I have two 10 litre bottles full of wine and 2 other empty
bottles of 5 and 4 litres. I want to fill 3 litres in each
empty bottles without the help of any additional object and without
pouring out or wasting a single drop of wine.

15 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 24, 2011 at 5:30 PM

    10l.: 10l : 5l. : 4l.

    10 10 00 00
    10 05 05 00
    10 05 01 04
    10 09 01 00
    10 09 00 01
    10 04 05 01
    10 04 02 04
    10 08 02 00
    10 08 00 02
    05 08 05 02
    05 08 03 04
    09 08 03 00
    09 08 00 03
    04 08 05 03
    04 10 03 03 ---- filled

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  2. PraveenOctober 27, 2011 at 11:07 AM

    10 10 0 0
    5 10 5 0
    5 10 1 4
    9 10 1 0
    9 10 0 1
    9 5 5 1
    9 5 2 4
    9 9 2 0
    9 9 0 2
    9 4 5 2
    9 4 3 4
    10 4 3 3

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  3. UnknownOctober 27, 2011 at 4:56 PM

    10 10 0 0
    10 5 5 0
    10 5 1 4
    10 9 1 0
    10 9 0 1
    10 4 5 1
    10 4 2 4
    10 8 2 0
    10 8 0 2
    10 3 5 2
    10 3 3 4

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  4. gvreddiOctober 28, 2011 at 2:21 PM

    10L 10L 5L 4L How/Compare lvl

    1) 10 6 0 4 Till 4L full
    2) 6 6 4 4 both 10L equal
    3) 6 6 5 3 Till 5L full from 4L
    4) 8 6 3 3 From 5L to 10L till 5L and 4L are equal
    5) 7 7 3 3 10L to 10L till they both are equal

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  5. AnonymousNovember 27, 2011 at 6:37 AM

    why cant you just pour 3 into each of the empty ones from one of the 10L bottles and left with
    10 4 3 3

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  6. RayJanuary 12, 2012 at 3:15 PM

    @ gv reddi: hw can u assume dat all d bottle are of equal built to compare the levels...

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  7. SrinivasMarch 11, 2012 at 10:15 AM

    5 10 5 0
    5 10 1 4
    9 10 0 1
    4 10 5 1
    4 7 5 4
    4 10 2 4
    8 10 0 2
    3 10 5 2
    3 10 3 4
    Bstone..

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  8. AnonymousMay 3, 2012 at 2:57 PM

    I'm so bored I have drunk all of the wine!

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  9. AnonymousMay 7, 2012 at 6:09 PM

    yes it can be done

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  10. AnonymousMay 21, 2012 at 9:18 PM

    it s very easy to do this than calculating the ltrs

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  11. AnonymousJuly 18, 2012 at 8:49 PM

    10L 10L 5L 4L

    start by drinking the first container:

    0 10 0 0
    0 6 0 4
    0 6 4 0
    0 2 4 4
    0 2 5 3
    3 2 5 0
    3 2 1 4
    3 3 0 4

    now you've still got 4L to drink!

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  12. R@\/! $ØÑ!July 25, 2012 at 3:01 PM

    Mujhe to 2 botle wine or 2 empty botle lani padi fir nika
    bt last tk sb empty ho gayi..... :-)

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  13. Megan C.November 28, 2012 at 4:28 AM

    10 10 0 0
    5 6 5 4
    9 6 5 0
    9 2 5 4
    10 2 5 3
    4 8 5 3
    4 10 3 3

    correct?

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  14. UnknownMarch 9, 2014 at 12:38 AM

    10 10 0 0
    05 10 5 0
    05 10 1 4
    09 10 1 0
    09 05 5 1
    09 05 2 4
    09 09 2 0
    09 09 0 2
    09 04 5 2
    09 04 3 4
    10 04 3 3

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  15. AnonymousNovember 8, 2014 at 4:53 AM

    10 10 0 0
    10 06 0 04
    10 03 03 04
    10 04 03 03 <<

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