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sxty8goats
10-19-2009, 05:52 AM
Question #18 is closed. 10.20.09 9:57 AM

You are the Judge at a car show. There are 5 awards to be given out for 4th place 'Best of show". The local auto parts store has donated the cleaning products that have been on the shelf for 18 months collecting dust. You have 5 bottles of "No- Rinse Wash and Wax" (Yay?) in a 5 gallon bucket. How can you give all 5 4th place 'winners' a bottle of this wonderful product and still have one bottle remain in the bucket?

PM answers Please.


Answer, one of the 'winners' gets a bottle and the bucket.

The most common mistake was pouring the contents into other 'empty' bottles or the bucket itself then into other bottles. Since the question doesn't mention the other components, it can not be assumed that they are available.



1luckeyt/a
10-19-2009, 06:08 AM
pm'd. i finally get here early and i know my answer is wrong. dang.
radkon
10-19-2009, 06:13 AM
pm sent, seems simple but it is Mon and I probably missed something.
sxty8goats
10-19-2009, 06:29 AM
3 answers so far, only one correct... Bonus points still available. :)
hellmonkey
10-19-2009, 08:22 AM
3 answers so far, only one correct... Bonus points still available. :)

Was mine the correct one?
sxty8goats
10-19-2009, 08:49 AM
Was mine the correct one?

Can't say before the answer is given tomorrow.
2KSE
10-19-2009, 09:44 AM
I tried but I doubt it. Man these are getting harder.
hellmonkey
10-19-2009, 10:18 AM
Bah, I know my answer "works", just not sure if its in the spirit of the problem or not.
1luckeyt/a
10-19-2009, 10:33 AM
Was mine the correct one?

i know mine wasn't the correct one.
Chilly Palmer
10-19-2009, 12:19 PM
PMed with the only possible way I see to achieve this. Hope the 5 4th place winners don't find out. :)
whaler01
10-19-2009, 07:35 PM
PM sent.
Good Vibes
10-19-2009, 10:20 PM
My answer makes sense, and would work, but don't know if it's what you're looking for.
sxty8goats
10-20-2009, 07:08 AM
Hand out one bottle to 4 of the "winners" and the last one can get his bottle in the bucket.

Only thing I could come up with.
Points _ Member
10 _ radkon
5 _ z xxviii
3 _ bvbull200
1 _ 2KSE
1 _ BackRoadGTO
1 _ brada
1 _ cjack12344321
1 _ d420gto
1 _ Douggo
1 _ PBANDPKGTO
1 _ RXZKNZ
1 _ VeritasGT
1 _ whaler01
1 _ forever24
1 _ Nomorefbodys
0 _ 1luckeyt/a
0 _ Chilly Palmer
0 _ Good Vibes
0 _ hellmonkey

The most common mistake was pouring the contents into other 'empty' bottles or the bucket itself then into other bottles. Since the question doesn't mention the other components, it can not be assumed that they are available. The second was having the judge be one of the winners and keeping both a bottle and the bucket. But after reading the question again, I have to accept that. I didn't specify that you couldn't be a winner.
Chilly Palmer
10-21-2009, 07:35 AM
The most common mistake was pouring the contents into other 'empty' bottles or the bucket itself then into other bottles. Since the question doesn't mention the other components, it can not be assumed that they are available. The second was having the judge be one of the winners and keeping both a bottle and the bucket. But after reading the question again, I have to accept that. I didn't specify that you couldn't be a winner.

My answer was to pour the contents into the bucket, but did not use "other" bottles, I said to use the same bottles the contents came in. So all components in my answer were included in the question, and it satisfies the objective. Points?
sxty8goats
10-21-2009, 07:47 AM
My answer was to pour the contents into the bucket, but did not use "other" bottles, I said to use the same bottles the contents came in. So all components in my answer were included in the question, and it satisfies the objective. Points?

It does not because you ended up shorting the contestants part of their prize.
Chilly Palmer
10-22-2009, 09:56 AM
It does not because you ended up shorting the contestants part of their prize.

Ok, fair enough. :)