The Water Jar | Puzzle 5

Question

There are 3 friends A, B, and C. All of them meet at the same place where they get 24 Litre jar full of water. But they all had to move in the different direction from that point, so they need to divide the water equally. But the problem is they were having the empty jars with them of capacity 5 Litre, 11 Litre, and 13 Litre. 

How would they do it?

Solution

As there are total 4 jars of capacity 5L, 11L, 13L, and 24L.

So, they follow this procedure...

  24     13     11     5

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  24       0       0     0 

  11     13       0     0 

   6      13       0     5

   6        2     11     5

   8        0     11     5

   8        5     11     0

   8      13      3      0

   8        8      3      5

   8        8      8      0

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