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A Drinking Problem (Posted on 2002-12-18)

Four people are in a bar.

Ben owes Glen a drink. Glen owes Rhen two drinks. Rhen owes Sven three drinks. Sven owes Ben four drinks.

To settle up, what is the minimum number of drinks that need to be bought by who for whom?

See The Solution Submitted by cges

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Solution With Explanation	K Sengupta	2008-04-30 02:02:13
answer	K Sengupta	2008-03-09 12:34:38
Solution	Praneeth	2007-08-29 05:52:37
the answer	simone	2005-06-16 13:02:41
duh	Billy Bob	2004-03-28 10:42:09
simple	red_sox_fan_032003	2004-02-25 18:16:12
answer	Lewis	2003-06-17 11:23:23
Solution	Gautam Joshi	2002-12-23 16:10:53
A Drinking Problem ( Solution )	Ravi Raja	2002-12-20 07:06:21
A Drinking Problem	Ryan Hayes	2002-12-20 04:58:02
A drinking Problem	Steve	2002-12-20 04:53:01
re: drinking problem	terry	2002-12-19 18:32:15
drinking problem	terry	2002-12-19 18:27:21
Answer	Andrew	2002-12-19 08:23:26
re(3): Each man buys one but Ben...	friedlinguini	2002-12-19 06:49:16
re(2): Each man buys one but Ben...	Melissa	2002-12-19 06:37:04
re: Each man buys one but Ben...	friedlinguini	2002-12-19 06:20:05
Each man buys one but Ben...	Melissa	2002-12-19 05:56:19
re: ben glen rhen sven ... ten!	sach	2002-12-18 14:39:21
ben glen rhen sven ... ten!	Debra Winter	2002-12-18 11:38:54
re: Getting Drunk	friedlinguini	2002-12-18 04:33:48
Getting Drunk	TomM	2002-12-18 03:22:05

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