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nimisha
August 30th, 2003, 06:34 AM
There is a glass container with rectangular bottom. It has water in it filled upto the brim.
Now how will you empty half(exactly) the water from it.
There is no tool of any kind at your disposal.

(you can imagine yourself in an empty room locked from outside -- no help whatsoever :)

jaatni
August 30th, 2003, 08:35 AM
umm....pyaas lag rahi ho to paani piya bhi ja sakta hai...so aadha paani pi jao...lol...

smalik
August 30th, 2003, 09:52 AM
right reply frm Simran

bnashier
August 30th, 2003, 07:06 PM
This has a simple answer.
Step 1. Hold the container in such a way that when water starts pouring out it pours uniformly along one edge of the container. (The same way as it would pour out when you overflow it).
Step 2. Stop when the water lining touch the diagonally opposite edge (that will be bottom opposite edge) of the container.

Step 3. Place the container on flat surface. You have it half full. Just look at the rectangular container with water as a rectangular cake and if you slice it with either diagonal you get two halves.


nimisha malik (Aug 29, 2003 09:04 p.m.):
There is a glass container with rectangular bottom. It has water in it filled upto the brim.
Now how will you empty half(exactly) the water from it.
There is no tool of any kind at your disposal.

(you can imagine yourself in an empty room locked from outside -- no help whatsoever :)

anilsangwan
August 30th, 2003, 09:30 PM
Logical Jawwaaab laagya bhai saab yoh te...aar sahi bhi hoga....



Budh Nashier (Aug 30, 2003 09:36 a.m.):
This has a simple answer.
Step 1. Hold the container in such a way that when water starts pouring out it pours uniformly along one edge of the container. (The same way as it would pour out when you overflow it).
Step 2. Stop when the water lining touch the diagonally opposite edge (that will be bottom opposite edge) of the container.

Step 3. Place the container on flat surface. You have it half full. Just look at the rectangular container with water as a rectangular cake and if you slice it with either diagonal you get two halves.


nimisha malik (Aug 29, 2003 09:04 p.m.):
There is a glass container with rectangular bottom. It has water in it filled upto the brim.
Now how will you empty half(exactly) the water from it.
There is no tool of any kind at your disposal.

(you can imagine yourself in an empty room locked from outside -- no help whatsoever :)

shekhar_nehra
September 4th, 2003, 11:08 PM
Budh Nashier (Aug 30, 2003 09:36 a.m.):
This has a simple answer.
Step 1. Hold the container in such a way that when water starts pouring out it pours uniformly along one edge of the container. (The same way as it would pour out when you overflow it).
Step 2. Stop when the water lining touch the diagonally opposite edge (that will be bottom opposite edge) of the container.

Step 3. Place the container on flat surface. You have it half full. Just look at the rectangular container with water as a rectangular cake and if you slice it with either diagonal you get two halves.


nimisha malik (Aug 29, 2003 09:04 p.m.):
There is a glass container with rectangular bottom. It has water in it filled upto the brim.
Now how will you empty half(exactly) the water from it.
There is no tool of any kind at your disposal.

(you can imagine yourself in an empty room locked from outside -- no help whatsoever :)

I second you Budh uncle.

Moerover the container can be a right circular cylinder also and you tilt it slowly till you just see the base edge.

uday
September 5th, 2003, 02:22 AM
Answer is there in the book of Artificial Intelligence...
:-)


nimisha malik (Aug 29, 2003 09:04 p.m.):
There is a glass container with rectangular bottom. It has water in it filled upto the brim.
Now how will you empty half(exactly) the water from it.
There is no tool of any kind at your disposal.

(you can imagine yourself in an empty room locked from outside -- no help whatsoever :)