I agree with Abhishek's solution... On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 4:53 PM, ravindra patel <ravindra.it...@gmail.com>wrote:
> There are infinite solutions to this problem. Say x flowers are plucked and > y flowers are offered in each temple. then - > > 2(2(2(2x-y) -y) -y) -y =0 > i.e. > 16x-15y=0; > > any pair the x and y satisfying this equation is a solution.Smallest > numbers are 15, 16 as Abhishek told. > > > Thanks, > - Ravindra > > > On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 4:37 PM, abhishek agrawal <neo.iiita2...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> Total Flowers plucked = 15 >> Flowers offered at each temple = 16 >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 3:44 PM, bittu <shashank7andr...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> There is a lake, of square shape. There are four temples on each >>> corner. There is a flower tree next to, say temple no 1. The pond has >>> this magic power, if a flower is dip into the water it doubles the >>> quantity. There is a warning note from the priest, saying "No flower >>> should be wasted". >>> >>> So the puzzle is, how many flowers should be plucked from the tree and >>> should be offered in the temple and after offering at each temple, no >>> flower should be left. Each temple has to be offered the same number >>> of flower. Before offering, flowers has to be dipped in to the pond to >>> get it double, as he can pluck the flowers from the tree only once, so >>> he has to be carefull in choosing, the total number of flowers >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks >>> Shashank >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Algorithm Geeks" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Abhishek Agrawal >> >> +919533890833 >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Algorithm Geeks" group. >> To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
