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.

first he would fill the 6 gallon bucket and pour its contents into the 11 gallon bucket.than he would fill the 6 gallon bucket again and pour its contents into the 11 gallon bucket. since there are only 11 gallons to be held, one gallon of water would be left in the 6 gallon bucket. he would than empty the 11 gallon bucket and repeat the same steps with the remaining 6 gallon bucket.he would than combine the leftover 2 gallons into 11 gallon bucket. He would than fill the 6 gallon bucket with water and empty that into the 11 gallon bucket that already has 2 gallons of water to make 8 gallons. It is also possible to do this with only two buckets but thats another story.

Posted by mike on 2003-07-11 17:06:43