Canned
You have two Cans !
That's right, you have two Cans filled with water and a large empty container.
Now you must be thinking that this guy is going to ask you to make some calculations and pour waters from one to another, right ? Wrong. I am going to ask you a completely different question so listen(listen !) carefully.
"Is there a way and Can you put all the water into the large container so that you Can tell which water came from which Can ?"
Now there are three can's in the above sentence you of course have to be very careful.
That's right, you have two Cans filled with water and a large empty container.
Now you must be thinking that this guy is going to ask you to make some calculations and pour waters from one to another, right ? Wrong. I am going to ask you a completely different question so listen(listen !) carefully.
"Is there a way and Can you put all the water into the large container so that you Can tell which water came from which Can ?"
Now there are three can's in the above sentence you of course have to be very careful.
Labels: outside-the-box, thinktank
posted by Rajesh Lal at
11:32 PM
21 Comments:
do not dump the water out of one or either can, simply place the full cans in the large busket (some people say bucket, I say busket).
what CodyC said.
one can is filled with "heavy water" and the other can is filled with regular water.
"heavy water" is an isotope.
~Cybersurf~
Or there is no water in the smaller can, so all the water in the larger can came from that can.
Or there is no water in the smaller can, so all the water in the larger can came from that can.
Can we color the cans? I dont know how to prevent them from mixing though.RD
Freeze the water in one of the cans and pour the frozen block in the bucket with the water from the other can.
I agree with codyc. Place the two cans with water in the larger container without pouring any water out.
But i feel theres something more to it with the last sentence stating there are 3 'cans'
just fezzes the two canos water and place the blocks of ice in the third can , just remember which one is which and you can tell them appart
No I CAN not tell which CAN the water came from. CAN you??? LOL
if there is some kind of divider in the third container
ur all dumb. freeze one can, take out the ice and put both in the container. the water is container a, the ice is container b.
Just freezing one wont work...
its impossible for the ice not to melt just a little & mix with the water :) dummmmbs!
I looked at it for about 20 seconds and came up with the same solution as codyc.
just a guess but i think in total we have three cans and on large empty container, they didnt specify the contents of the third can, so with that being know i propose to place oil in the third can, now as we all know oil and water dosent mix. so you die the water two different colors just to keep them different. the you pour the first can of water in followed by the can of oil lastly the can of other water and you should get this sandwich type of liquid with the two waters sandwiching the oil, let me know if this makes any sense to anybody. spartan_727@yahoo
in one can put lots salt into it in the other use normal water, pour them in carefully and place a thin slice of potato into the mixture ( yes i know it sounds weird) the slice of potato will float on the salty water but sink in the fresh water, thus you found a divider between the two cans water :) try it for yourself it works:)
i kinda agree with cody. though, the idea of adding oil is quite a clever idea. makes sense to me as the qns did not specify the content of the third can and oil is an immicible liquid meaning it does not mix with water.
dun be fooled by the question guys. there is no third can containing any liquid or what so ever. there r only two. the last sentence of the riddle is just a trick. what cody said is true. jus place the two cans into the container. this way u cn tell which is which. and u do not need to pour anything as the riddle already said its not about pouring anything. so just placing the cans into the container is a clever idea. gd job! :D
ok so check it out you could pour one of the cans into the empty container then sit the other can full of water into the water you just poured ta da they are seperated with both in the one container
guys read it straight, he says the question has nothing to do with pouring or water or calculations. when he says three cans, he means the word 'can'.
Yes you Can put the two Cans of water in the container
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