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Thirsty Farmer (Posted on 2003-07-09) Difficulty: 3 of 5
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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  Subject Author Date
Puzzle Answer K Sengupta2024-04-06 03:28:32
BEST ANSWER SO FARSIMONE FOLK2004-12-24 20:15:09
re: the REAL answer with a loss of only 6 gallons of waternikki2004-10-06 08:15:10
the REAL answer with a loss of only 6 gallons of waterholly2004-10-05 23:29:22
alternative solutionPok Teh2003-07-15 23:55:52
re: thoughtsfwaff2003-07-14 21:35:38
Some ThoughtsthoughtsGamer2003-07-12 08:36:14
Solutioni got this one easy-full solutionmike2003-07-11 17:06:43
re: just a thought....Tristan2003-07-11 13:57:24
just a thought....rajesh2003-07-10 21:36:16
re(4): prove me wrong!!fwaff2003-07-10 21:23:29
Solutionre(3): prove me wrong!!Lewis2003-07-10 09:39:13
re(2): prove me wrong!!fwaff2003-07-10 06:38:35
Some Thoughtsre: proove me wrong!!Lewis2003-07-09 20:39:34
proove me wrong!!Viet2003-07-09 16:19:25
re: i think i figured it out...this made me thirsty!sami2003-07-09 14:48:54
i think i figured it out...this made me thirsty!sami2003-07-09 14:46:36
Solutionre: Quenched - less wastefwaff2003-07-09 06:18:16
re: The solutionfriedlinguini2003-07-09 06:09:06
The solutionNick Hastings2003-07-09 05:58:39
SolutionQuenchedNick Hastings2003-07-09 05:01:50
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