Puzzle

[Sombrero]

You have a 20lt jug with 12lt of wine in. And the king and queen want 6lt each...

all you have, in addition to the jug, is 2 containers, one 8lt and the other 5lt... no markings.

Show how you'd move the wine about in order to present 2 containers with 6lt in each to the king and queen !

 

[securespark]

Did this at Scouts (but not with wine, I hasten to add!). I'm not gonna split!

 

[Sombrero]

Did this at Scouts (but not with wine, I hasten to add!). I'm not gonna split!

Lol.. in the puzzle I did it was plutoniam... I thought wine was safer and more valuable !!

How many steps to get to the answer though?

 

[mattylad]

Simple, drink it all then tell the K&Q there is none!

 

[longdogs]

Sorry, maybe I'm being thick here but I don't understand how you can get 6lts of wine in a 5lt jug??

 

[Robgers]

Remember you have three jugs to begin with.

 

[longdogs]

Ah yes, so someone will be drinking out of the 20lt jug. Der!

 

[Robgers]

Can I hazard a guess that it can be done in 7 moves.

 

[Ihavenojob]

6 litres each!are they pi55 heads?

 

[Robgers]

Ok since nobody has posted an answer yet, I will give it a go.

Column 1 = 20 ltr
Column 2 = 5 ltr
Column 3 = 8 ltr

12 0 0 Start
4 0 8
4 5 3
9 0 3
9 3 0
1 3 8
1 5 6
6 0 6 Finish

 

[JBR]

Excellent puzzle. Have e-mailed to mother-in-law and wife is also going to have a go.

I reckon it's worth a £5 bet.

 

[Dextraneous]

Excellent puzzle. Have e-mailed to mother-in-law and wife is also going to have a go.

I reckon it's worth a £5 bet.

Getting £5 out of your mother-in-law will be the real puzzle

 

[JBR]

Excellent puzzle. Have e-mailed to mother-in-law and wife is also going to have a go.

I reckon it's worth a £5 bet.

Getting £5 out of your mother-in-law will be the real puzzle

Oh no, at least she's honest.