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There are three glasses: 8oz, 5oz and 3oz. The 8oz is fully filled while both 5oz and 3oz are empty.
Goal: get at least one glass to hold 4 ounces of water by pouring water from one glass to another.
How many moves (a move is tilting a glass and pouring any amount of water from it into another glass) will you need to reach the first 4oz in any of the three glasses?
Goal: get at least one glass to hold 4 ounces of water by pouring water from one glass to another.
How many moves (a move is tilting a glass and pouring any amount of water from it into another glass) will you need to reach the first 4oz in any of the three glasses?
Explanations
The solution is shown in the diagram. Six moves are needed to get 4oz in the middle glass. With the seventh move two glasses have 4oz in them.Check 5 moves
Check 6 moves
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Check 8 moves
