Thread: how can you plant 10 trees in 5 rows of 4 trees each?

how can you plant 10 trees in 5 rows of four trees each?

2) you have a 5-liter bucket and a 3-liter bucket and NO OTHER MEASURING device . using these buckets how can you measure out exactly 4 liters of water.

Hello, ana1808!

These are both classic (very old) puzzles . . .

How can you plant 10 trees in 5 rows of four trees each?

Plant them the shape of a five-pointed star.

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I'll let someone else explain the second one . . .

Hello ana1808 -

Originally Posted by ana1808

2) you have a 5-liter bucket and a 3-liter bucket and NO OTHER MEASURING device . using these buckets how can you measure out exactly 4 liters of water.

Did anyone give you an answer to this?

Fill the small bucket; tip it into the big bucket.

Re-fill the small bucket; fill the big bucket from it, and now empty the big bucket away. You have one litre left in the small bucket. Tip this into the big bucket.

Re-fill the small bucket; tip it into the big bucket, which now holds 4 litres. (Sorry about the British spelling; I couldn't bring myself to write liter. Oops! I just did!)

Grandad

Delete. Sorry, didn't see other posts for some reason.

Originally Posted by ana1808

how can you plant 10 trees in 5 rows of four trees each?

2) you have a 5-liter bucket and a 3-liter bucket and NO OTHER MEASURING device . using these buckets how can you measure out exactly 4 liters of water.

I can tell u 2 right away.

+ fill up 3 gal, put it in the 5 gal
+ fill up 3 gal, fill up the 5-gal (you will have 1 gal left in 3 gal)
+ empty the 5-gal
+ pour the last gallon from the 3-gal into the 5-gal
+ fill up 3-gal, pour it into the 5-gal....

to get 4 gallons exactly!