A milk man have 8 ltr milk in his 8ltr container
he has another 3 ltr and 5 ltr empty container
now he has to devide this milk equally i.e. 4ltr & 4ltr
he has nothing else except stated above for weighting
Solve it:)
CA Lalit Kandoi (Chartered accountant) (1053 Points)
14 December 2012A milk man have 8 ltr milk in his 8ltr container
he has another 3 ltr and 5 ltr empty container
now he has to devide this milk equally i.e. 4ltr & 4ltr
he has nothing else except stated above for weighting
Solve it:)
ashisha
(Practising CA)
(261 Points)
Replied 14 December 2012
the milkman will fill up 5 ltr container with milk. using this 5 ltr container he will fill the 3 ltr container. now 2 ltr milk will be left in 5 ltr container. keep the 2 ltr milk in another bowl (not used for measuring). repeat process to get another 2 ltr. add these two 2 ltrs n u get a 4 ltr.
anilkumar voruganti
(student)
(24 Points)
Replied 14 December 2012
| Originally posted by : lalit kandoi | ||
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A milk man have 8 ltr milk in his 8ltr container he has another 3 ltr and 5 ltr empty container now he has to devide this milk equally i.e. 4ltr & 4ltr he has nothing else except stated above for weighting Solve it:) |
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Hi Ashisha,
He said nothing else na i mean no bowl at all ????
Poonam
(Student CA Final )
(90 Points)
Replied 14 December 2012
Tranfer half of the milk from 8 ltr container to 5 lit container
vasudevan
(.)
(376 Points)
Replied 14 December 2012
| Steps | 8-litres | 3-litres |
5-litres |
| 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
At the end of 7th step, two containers will contain 4 litres each.
CA Mansi Kotecha
(Keep Smiling !!)
(6890 Points)
Replied 14 December 2012
I agree to Vasudevan ji..!!
C.A. Sandeep Wawhal
(Chartered Accountant PGDFM BCom.)
(1823 Points)
Replied 14 December 2012
4ltr milk in 8ltr container and another 4ltr milk in 5ltr container
Raghavendra B. kuber
(Accounts Executive)
(88 Points)
Replied 14 December 2012
Gitika bajaj
(a)
(260 Points)
Replied 14 December 2012
Tell the milkman not to repeat this mistake again... :)
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