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Thirsty Farmer (Posted on 2003-07-09)

A farmer needs 8 gallons of water. He has only three unmarked buckets, two 6 gallon and one 11 gallon bucket.

How can he collect 8 gallons of water using three unmarked buckets? Provide solution with minimal water wastage.

See The Solution Submitted by Ravi Raja

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re: the REAL answer with a loss of only 6 gallons of water

| Comment 19 of 21 |

11-6 = 5, not 4.

Posted by nikki on 2004-10-06 08:15:10

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