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A four-way division (Posted on 2002-06-12)

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?

Submitted by levik

Rating: 3.7500 (8 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

A few solutions were arrived at by our visitors.
Here is one by Nick Reed.
See other comments for some additional ones.

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Subject	Author	Date
re: easy...	vanetria ross	2003-11-29 00:19:25
4 straws!	Popstar Dave	2003-11-03 20:19:00
re: solution	Mack	2003-02-02 11:46:03
easy...	Cory Taylor	2002-11-19 09:14:54
re: Full shortest solution	Nick Reed	2002-06-13 09:03:00
Full shortest solution	Jim Lyon	2002-06-13 08:39:43
re: Long no-caveat solution	Dulanjana	2002-06-13 01:24:01
Long no-caveat solution	Nick Reed	2002-06-12 14:19:45
re: solution (w/ caveat)	Nick Reed	2002-06-12 13:42:25
solution (w/ caveat)	Matt	2002-06-12 12:56:27
re: solution	friedlinguini	2002-06-12 11:04:53
solution	bob	2002-06-12 10:48:22
Breaking the ice...	levik	2002-06-12 10:31:02

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