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Juice Pitchers is a puzzle in Professor Layton and the Curious Village.
Puzzle
- US Version
Here we have an eight-quart pitcher filled with juice, an empty five-quart pitcher, and an empty three-quart pitcher.
The pitchers are unmarked, and your task is to divide the eight quarts of juice so that both the five-quart pitcher and the eight-quart pitcher are each holding exactly four quarts.
- UK Version
Here we have an 8 litre pitcher filled with juice, an empty 5 litre pitcher and an empty 3 litre pitcher.
The pitchers are unmarked, and your task is to divide the 8 litres of juice so that both the 5 litre pitcher and the 8 litre pitcher are each holding exactly 4 litres of juice.
Hints
Solution
Correct
Well done!
- US Version
If you keep at it long enough, you're sure to come across the solution. The shortest possible solution requires seven moves.
These liquid distribution problems have been around for ages, and have even been spotted in Japanese texts from hundreds of years ago.
- UK Version
If you keep at it long enough, you're sure to come across the solution. The shortest possible solution requires seven moves.
These liquid distribution problems have a very long history, with some examples dating back to medieval times.
Trivia
In the Japanese version, wine is distributed instead of juice.
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