"of this double, half is kept inside the well, and the other half is used as input to the 2nd well"
half mean 1/2 or 50% how can we assume it to be 100??? if we take it to be 1/2, the question goes wrong, so ur concept is valid but then question should have been framed correctly On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 7:55 PM, Lakshmi Prasad <prasadlakshmi...@gmail.com>wrote: > I didn't understand it fully plese explain > > On Aug 4, 2:48 pm, sagar pareek <sagarpar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > double 87.5 gives you 175 > > 100 will be used by 1st well and 75 will be used by second > > now second well will double the 75 and will give you 150 > > 100 will be used by second and remainder 50 will forwarded to third > > now third one use 50 and will double it to 100 > > > > no remainder left.... > > i think its clear now :) :) > > > > On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 12:14 AM, Himanshu Srivastava < > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > himanshusri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > i mean @sagar:how did you get 87.5%?? > > > > > On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 12:13 AM, Himanshu Srivastava < > > > himanshusri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >> @nikhil:how did you get 87.5%?? > > > > >> On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 11:59 PM, sagar pareek <sagarpar...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > >>> 87.5 % > > > > >>> On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 10:39 PM, Nikhil Gupta < > nikhilgupta2...@gmail.com > > >>> > wrote: > > > > >>>> There are 3 magical wells. Any input quantity of water we provide > the > > >>>> 1st well is returned double (of this double, half is kept inside the > well, > > >>>> and the other half is used as input to the 2nd well). > > >>>> The 2nd well also returns double the quantity of its input (of which > > >>>> half is kept inside the well, and the other half is used as input to > the 3rd > > >>>> well). Same goes with the 3rd, but its half output is the remainder > (other > > >>>> half being kept inside the well). Now what input should we provide > in the > > >>>> 1st well, so that the remainder at the end comes out to be zero? > > > > >>>> (Asked in classroom coaching of T.I.M.E.) > > >>>> -- > > >>>> Nikhil Gupta > > >>>> Senior Co-ordinator, Publicity > > >>>> CSI, NSIT Students' Branch > > >>>> NSIT, New Delhi, India > > > > >>>> -- > > >>>> 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. > > > > >>> -- > > >>> **Regards > > >>> SAGAR PAREEK > > >>> COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING > > >>> NIT ALLAHABAD > > > > >>> -- > > >>> 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. > > > > -- > > **Regards > > SAGAR PAREEK > > COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING > > NIT ALLAHABAD > > -- > 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. > > -- Tushar Bindal Computer Engineering Delhi College of Engineering Mob: +919818442705 E-Mail : tushicom...@gmail.com Website: www.jugadengg.com -- 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.
