A man's car runs out of gasoline. His car tank holds exactly 13 gallons. He has three empty unmarked containers which can hold 3 gallons, 6 gallons, and 11 gallons. Using only these containers at the gas station, how can the man bring back exactly 13 gallons?
(He is not allowed to buy over 13 gallons and dispose of the extra.)
(In reply to
re: Bad joke solution by levik)
I was beginning to wonder. It doesn't usualy take this group very long to come up with the answer to these types of problems...
re(2): Bad joke solution
