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there r three buckets..of 8,5 n 3 litres…out of which only 8 ltr bucket is fully filled…u hv to fill exact 4-4 ltr liquid in 8 and 5 litre bucket by using only these buckets in minimm num of steps…..

Asked In TCS snehasish samanta (11 years ago)

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Nikhil Mahapatra  (11 years ago)

Initial Step-1 Step-2 Step-3 Step-4 Step-5 Step-6 Step-7
8 Lt. -> 8 3 3 6 6 1 1 4
5 Lt. -> 0 5 2 2 0 5 4 4
3 Lt. -> 0 0 3 0 2 2 3 0

Minimum Number Of Steps Required : 7

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Amardip Gautam  (11 years ago)

initially 8 0 0
steps state of buckets
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
So,total of 7 steps

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$antosh verma  (11 years ago)

minimum 7 step is ans..
initially (8,0,0)
1st (3,5,0)
2nd (3,2,3)
3rd (6,2,0)
4th (6,0,2)
5th (1,5,2)
6th (1,4,3)
7th (4,4,0)

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Gaurab Kumar Das  (11 years ago)

ans is (2^n)-1 here n=3 so number of step required is (8-1)=7

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vaishali  (11 years ago)

8 - -
- 5 3
3 5 -
4 4 - i hope u people got the sltn

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geetanjali   (11 years ago)

8 steps will b rqd

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Yash Ajmera  (11 years ago)

Ans. Total 8 steps (Minimum)

Buckets (8L,5L,3L) for below:

Initial (8,0,0)

1. Fill 3L Bucket. (5,0,3)
2. Pour 3L in 5L Bucket. (5,3,0)
3. Fill 3L Bucket from 8L Bucket again. (2,3,3)
4. Fill 5L Bucket from 3L until it is full. (2,5,1)
5. Empty 5L Bucket in 8L Bucket. (7,0,1)
6. Empty 3L Bucket in 5L Bucket. (7,1,0)
7. Fill 3L Bucket from 8L Bucket. (4,1,3)
8. Empty 3L Bucket in 5L Bucket. (4,4,0)
Hence done.

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peter v john  (11 years ago)

initial > 8 0 0
1: 3 5 0
2: 3 2 3
3: 1 4 3
4: 4 4 0
minimum step required:4

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pallavi upadhyay  (11 years ago)

8 lit->8 5 4 4
5 lit->0 0 1 4
3 lit->0 3 3 0
hence no of steps= 4

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