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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

Rating: 3.0000 (10 votes)

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(In reply to thoughts by Gamer)

Mike's is similar, but more wasteful. I reuse 6 galls from the 11gall bucket on each of the two '1 gallon loops', thereby only wasting 10 in total rather than 22.

Posted by fwaff on 2003-07-14 21:35:38

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