Questions tagged [decanting-problems]
A strategic puzzle centered around pouring liquids between containers of different capacities, with the goal of measuring exactly n liters.
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Equal wine distribution among 4 friends
There are two bottles of wine each of capacity 800 ml. These are to be shared among 4 friends so that each will get 400 ml. There is no measuring instrument to measure out the exact volume but there ...
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Bartender's nightmare
Turn the "before" picture into the "after" picture by pouring the ice cubes from one glass to another.
Before
After
Specifically:
Start: There are three glasses. The first ...
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Pouring water from the 10 liter container
The answer to the following "decanting" puzzle
Split 10L in half using 4L and 6L jugs
was
It is impossible to pour out 5 liters from 10 liter jug using 6 and 4
liter jugs
Maybe not if you ...
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Split 10L in half using 4L and 6L jugs [duplicate]
You are given 3 jugs:
a 10L jug (full)
a 4L jug (empty)
a 6L jug (empty)
The task is to split the 10L so that there are 5L each in the 10L and 6L jugs, and none in the 4L jug.
Solve or prove that it ...
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smort bee honey
You have decided that you want to become chubbee, but not too much.
You will need to eat exactly 10 liters of honey in order to achieve the desired effect.
The bees produce 10 liters of honey on ...
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$3$ quart from $10$, $5$ and $4$ quart
Mr.Affison had two $10$ quart containers full of wine. He also had a $5$ quart and $4$ quart measurement.
All he wanted to do was to put exactly $3$ quarts into $2$ of his measurements.}Now he was ...
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Another simple jugfill problem
You have two 4 liter jugs and one 5 liter jug. All of them are empty.
You can fill up a jug to its full capacity, empty it or pour one jug into another one until the jug you pour into is full or the ...
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Another milk jug question
Recently there was a jug pouring competition, and I got to thinking if this was the question with the most number of moves. It turned out that it was. If you have three different sized jugs all less ...
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How to measure 5 litres using 10L, 7L and 3L vessels
A milkman has 10 litres of milk in a 10 litre vessel. He has two additional vessels of 3 litres and 7 litres.
One customer needs 5 litre milk. He measured 5 litres using those 3 vessels. How?
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Get 2 liters from 4 and 5 liter buckets [duplicate]
You have a 4 liter bucket and a 5 liter bucket and an (infinite) supply of liquid.
How do you get 2 liters?
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Jug problem with 3 jugs [3, 4, 5] [closed]
How do you get 10 and 11 liters from 3, 4, and 5 liter jugs?
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Unexpected Delay while Mixing Shots
You are hosting a party, and everything is going perfectly well, until you ask if anyone wants a kuulalaakeri shot. (In case you are not familiar with this highly treacherous Finnish beverage, it has ...
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Using only a 5-gallon bucket and a 3-gallon bucket put exactly four gallons of water in the 5-gallon bucket [duplicate]
Assuming you have an infinite supply of water.
No measurement markings on the buckets.
How do you fill the buckets in the right way?
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A thirsty king and his knights
The black king has spent his life fighting over this strange checkered land, the white king has finally been defeated and his troops have surrendered and pledged allegiance to him. Now he's not sure ...
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Water Difference
While solving a puzzle, I misinterpreted the whole thing and ended up creating a new harder puzzle. Here it is:
You have 2 cups filled with water, cup A is 5oz and cup B is 3oz. How can you get one ...
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