A man runs his car out of gas thereby completely emptying his 16 gallon tank. He only has a 3, a 6, and a 11 gallon container (and fortunately a wagon to carry the containers in) in his trunk. He has nothing else in which he can carry gas. He walks a few miles to a gas station, and as luck would have it the gauge on the pump is broken so he can not use that to measure the fuel. He is in a pretty remote area with only one gas station for miles. Gas costs $3.09⁹, and he only has a $50. Using only the containers provided, and only walking once to and from the gas station, how can he get exactly 16 gallons of gas into his car?

(In reply to I'm reaching here by Guest)

Good thought. Maybe it's diesel and there is only one pump that is diesel. I really can not think of any GAS STATIONS with only one pump, maybe some truck depots, construction companies, or something like that.  Thanks. Not my solution, but I would say a valid one. I should have said "the gauge on the only pump at the sation".

Posted by jduval on 2007-09-25 10:08:23