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72 degrees (Posted on 2004-09-29)

You have an empty 3-liter container, a full 5-liter container with 50 degrees water, and a full 6-liter container with 90 degrees water.

Can you manage to get some 72 degrees water?

See The Solution Submitted by Federico Kereki

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fill 3 liter with 90 deg water
fill 6 liter with 50 deg water, is now 70 deg
fill 5 liter with 90 deg water from 3 liter, is now 74 deg
fill 6 liter with 74 deg water from 5 liter, is now 72 deg

Edited on September 29, 2004, 8:22 pm

Posted by Steve Royer on 2004-09-29 20:21:10

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