There are 3 buckets of 8,5 and 3 liter...out of whicg only 8 liter bucket is fullyfill.... u have to exact 4-4 lit liquid in 8 and 5 liter bucket by using only these buckets in minimum no of steps ?

• the correct answer is seven steps
  explain:-
  8(lit bucket) 5(lit bucket) 3(lit bucket)
  initialy-8 0 0
  1) 3 5 0
  2) 3 2 3
  3) 6 2 0
  4) 6 0 2
  5) 1 5 2
  6) 1 4 3
  7) 4 4 0
  
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(24) No(3)
• (2^n)-1 is formula
  2^3 -1=7 steps
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(14) No(2)
• for this kind of question ...
  formula is
  2^(no of bucket) -1= will give u minimum no of steps
  (2^3 -1) = 7
  
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(8) No(1)
• @dhana sri ,can u explain this formula....how we use it??????
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(2) No(3)
• can be done in 7 steps...
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
• guys read the question carefully initially 8lt bucket is filled so
  b1 b2 b3
  3 5 0
  6 2 0
  6 0 2
  1 5 2
  1 4 3 (here fill the gap in b3 with one lt of b2)
  4 4 0
  so 6 steps
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)