This one is due to James Fixx - a different twist to a familiar genre.
Six water pails sit on the ground in a row. Pails 1-3 are filled; pails 4-6 are empty:
[1 full] . [2 full] . [3 full] . [4 empty] . [5 empty] . [6 empty]
By moving only one pail, make the full and empty pails alternate.
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Posted 04 September 2007 - 10:36 PM
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Posted 04 September 2007 - 10:38 PM
take pail 2 and dump it into pail 5
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Posted 05 September 2007 - 12:00 AM
I have already posted this... see Six Cups somewhere here in New Riddles in a page
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