FLOWERS AND POND BRAIN TEASER

This brain teaser was my Favorite one when i was at junior school.But it's very interesting..i hope you might like this FLOWER AND POND BRAIN TEASER.


PROBLEM:Here is three ponds and three houses.And you  are flower delivery boy.You have to deliver same number of flowers to all the three houses and in front of each houses there is a pond .These ponds have special power ,If you cross the pond the flowers in which your hand will become double.So firstly you have some flowers and you complete all the three houses,and one more condition is that after completing the delivery your hand must be empty.
           The question is what should be the number of flowers have firstly in your hand and how many number of flowers you should deliver to each house.
         IF YOU GOT THE ANSWER PLEASE SEND TO naseefct@gmail.com 
                           
                        




                                                    MORE BRAIN TEASERS
Labels:

6 comments:

  1. collinDecember 30, 2010 at 10:20 PM

    Quite interesting. Enjoyed it.

    I can suggest you another site with brain storming brain teasers. I have tried it and believe me if you are a brain teasers lover who loves to solve brain teasers then try solving out these Brainteasers and find out how smart you are.

    Best of Luck!!!

    ReplyDelete
  2. UnknownFebruary 6, 2011 at 6:01 PM

    is this impossible

    ReplyDelete
  3. UnknownMarch 10, 2011 at 1:12 AM

    Oh It's so possible! I won't spoil it though. Great brainteaser. :)

    ReplyDelete
  4. AnonymousDecember 14, 2012 at 6:25 AM

    The answer is simple.
    The equation to work this out is:

    0 = ((i*2-y)*2-y)*2-y
    where i is the number of flowers you start off with and y is the number of flowers given to the house owners.

    which equates to:
    8i = 7y

    now using logic one understands that both sides of this equation are total integers; unless you're allowed half a flower.

    For this to be true y must be a multiple of 8 and i must be multiple of 7.

    Therefore, whilst there are an infinite number of solutions, the minimum number of whole flowers required at the start is 7 and therefore the 8 is the number of flowers given away.

    ReplyDelete
  5. PalbechidnaAugust 18, 2013 at 1:10 PM

    This comment has been removed by the author.

    ReplyDelete
  6. PalbechidnaAugust 18, 2013 at 1:13 PM

    The amount of flowers originally held must be seven-fourths as much as the amount of flowers given at each house.
    Write an equation where a is the amount of flowers originally held and x is the amount of flowers given at each house.
    2(2(a-x)-x)-x=0
    2(2a-2x-x)-x=0
    2(2a-3x)-x=0
    4a-6x-x=0
    4a-7x=0
    4a=7x
    a=(7/4)x
    Test my answer out it. It works!

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)