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Monday, March 15, 2010

A puzzle - test your logical skills

Oh !!! Lakshmi mol is really confused... People, please help her...

Lakshmi mol lives in a village where they have 3 temples. Each temple has a pond. According to the villagers and folklore, if the Gods have to be pleased, each person should visit all the 3 temples and offer the same number of flowers at each temple. However, before you offer flowers at a temple, you have to be dip all the flowers you have, in the pond of that temple. But that's where the real magic is. When you dip the flowers in pond they double themselves. Also, please note, Gods won't be pleased, if you take back home any flower that you brought to the temples to offer. So do not take anything back home.

Now Lakshmi mol wants to visit the temples. But she is totally confused... Can you help her ??? Can you answer her questions ??? She has 2 questions for you...

1. How many flowers should I take, when I am going to the temples ???
2. And how many flowers should I offer at a temple ???

Posted by
Antony Mathew
MCA III

4 comments:

Mathews Madathikandam said...

1. How many flowers should I take, when I am going to the temples

>>Take 7 flowers to the temple.


2. And how many flowers should I offer at a temple ?


>>For each temple offer 8 flowers each.


** 7 will doubled as 14 then offer 8
remains 6.
The 6 will doubled to 12 and offer 8
in 2nd temple remains 4.
The remain 4 will doubled to 8 and
there will be exactly 8.

Mathews Madathikandam said...
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ANUSHA said...

Another solution

1.How many flowers should I take, when I am going to the temples

>>Take 7 or multiples of 7


2. And how many flowers should I offer at a temple ?


>>For each temple offer its corresponding multiples of 8 flowers each.

check it

Mathews Madathikandam said...

yes you correct anusha.