Answer to May 24, 2004 Problem
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Milk Problem |
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Solution to the Problem:
It can be done in 9 moves in several different ways:
Mikael Wetterholm stated that it was easy to figure out the last three pourings but then it took a
few tries to solve the rest of the problem. He found fifteen different ways
to measure out two quarts of milk (one for each student) with only nine
pourings.
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1. Jeffrey Gaither | Winchester, Virginia | 9 moves -- did not waste milk |
2. Alex Truong | Harrisonburg, Virginia | 9 moves -- did not waste milk |
3. Celeste Doerwaldt | Winchester, Virginia | 9 moves -- did not waste milk |
4. Mikael Wetterholm | Danderyd, Sweden | 9 moves -- did not waste milk |
5. Bella Patel | Harrisonburg, Virginia | 9 moves -- did not waste milk |
6. Helna Patel | Harrisonburg, Virginia | 9 moves -- did not waste milk |
7. Dave Smith | Toledo, Ohio | 10 moves -- did not waste milk |
8. Walt Arrison | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 10 moves -- wasted 18 quarts of milk |
9. James Alarie | University of Michigan -- Flint Flint, Michigan |
11 moves -- did not waste milk |