Put "0" in the first well and see the magic. :P Aseem
On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 6:50 PM, mani sharma <monadh...@nsitonline.in> wrote: > the word "half" was so confusing in the ques!! :( > > > On 5 August 2011 00:24, Himanshu Srivastava <himanshusri...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> oh ok..........thanks........half part which was kept inside the >> well........means well must be full......that is 100....ok got it completely >> thank u:) >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 12:18 AM, 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. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Monadhika > Under graduate student, > Computer Engineering, > Netaji Subhas Institute Of Technology, > Dwarka,Delhi > > > -- > 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. 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