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How can you split up the milk? to give away exactly 6 liters, and keep 6 liters?

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You have three jugs.
They can hold 12 liters, 8 liters, and 5 liters of milk respectively.
12-liter jug is full of milk,
the other two jugs are empty,
however you need to split the milk in half
i.e., into two portions of 6 liters each,
using only the jugs on hand.

How can you split up the milk?
to give away exactly 6 liters, and keep 6 liters?

posted May 3, 2022 by Nimish

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