Four friends are gathered at a pub. They have in front of them two 8-pint trankards full of beer, and an empty 3-pint mug.

Since they are still sober, they quickly calculate that they have 16 pints for the four of them, which comes out to an even 4 pints per person.

Can they divide the beer equally with the containers they have available?

(In reply to Long no-caveat solution by Nick Reed)

Seems to me to be on the right track.

Posted by Dulanjana on 2002-06-13 01:24:01