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You Have Three Buckets With Capacity 4 Liters 8 Liters And 10 Liters?

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Suppose you are sitting in an interview and the interviewee asks you an aptitude question.

You have three buckets with capacity 4 liters, 8 liters and 10 litersand you have a large tank of water.
Now you have to measure 3 liters of water precisely using those buckets.

How will you do it?

posted Sep 12, 2014 by anonymous

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You cannot get 3 liters of Water precisely as you only have 4, 8 & 10 liters bucket.
It is impossible to make odds from even numbers...

answer Sep 14, 2014 by Salil Agrawal



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