Simple One! - Flowers

@prashanth-p-at-cchi-rg0z63 • Oct 26, 2024

Oct 26, 2024

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Seeing No puzzle being posted from past three days, thought of posting one, but a simple one.

There is a pond, and it has four temples around it. The duty of a florist there is to distribute the flowers to these temples. Can you tell me what is the minimum number of flowers that he can get in the begging (N), keeping the following in mind?

He should get some flowers (N). {N not equal to 0}.
He should dip all of them in the pond.
Give some flowers (say A) to 1st temple.
Again dip the remaining flowers in the pond.
Give the same number of flowers(A) to 2nd temple.
Again dip the remaining flowers in the pond and so on...... until the 4th temple. After giving the flowers to the 4th temple, he should be remaining with nothing.

Note that, every time he dips the flowers, the number of flowers will be doubled.

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Ramani Aswath

@ramani-VR4O43 • Jul 18, 2012

One.
Whatever N is, N flowers remain after doubling and giving away N.
This is true evenif there are an infinity of temples.
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Anoop Kumar

@anoop-kumar-GDGRCn • Jul 18, 2012

Initially he got N=15 flowers and offer 16 flowers at each temple.😀
I think you missed the condition that every time flowers get double after dipping in pond.
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Ramani Aswath

@ramani-VR4O43 • Jul 18, 2012

Let us see. I have one flower, which becomes two after dipping. I give one and have one left, which again becomes two. I just repeaat. This does not violate the given logic except that N=A, which is not a restriction given.
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Prashanth_p@cchi

@prashanth-p-at-cchi-rg0z63 • Jul 18, 2012

bioramani
One.
Whatever N is, N flowers remain after doubling and giving away N.
This is true evenif there are an infinity of temples.
I don't think so..... Or may be I did not understand you Sir!
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Prashanth_p@cchi

@prashanth-p-at-cchi-rg0z63 • Jul 18, 2012

ianoop
Initially he got N=15 flowers and offer 16 flowers at each temple.😀
Correct.....

I think you missed the condition that every time flowers get double after dipping in pond.
I did not miss that, I have put that in Note.
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Prashanth_p@cchi

@prashanth-p-at-cchi-rg0z63 • Jul 18, 2012

ianoop
Initially he got N=15 flowers and offer 16 flowers at each temple.😀
I think you missed the condition that every time flowers get double after dipping in pond.

I wonder how you arrived at the answer, If you have missed seeing the Note!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ramani Aswath

@ramani-VR4O43 • Jul 18, 2012

The note says that if the flowers are dipped they double. I see a requirement that the flowers must be dipped every time.
Quote:Again dip the remaining flowers in the pond and so on...... until the 4th temple.Endquote
I assumed that you do not dip at the last temple.At the last but one temple if the flowers are dipped one has 2N flowers. Give N each to the two remaining temples.
In ianoop's solution the flowers are dipped at the fourth tank also.
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Prashanth_p@cchi

@prashanth-p-at-cchi-rg0z63 • Jul 18, 2012

bioramani
I assumed that you do not dip at the last temple
. We should dip the flowers that is remaining, after you give it to the third temple, and then proceed with the 4th temple.
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Anoop Kumar

@anoop-kumar-GDGRCn • Jul 18, 2012

Prashanth_p@cchi
I did not miss that, I have put that in Note.
Ohh.. I over sighted assuming as signature footer😖.
I came across these type of question in childhood days😉
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Prashanth_p@cchi

@prashanth-p-at-cchi-rg0z63 • Jul 18, 2012

ianoop
I came across these type of question in childhood days😉
Oh good. Then why don't you share "these type of question" with us. That would be nice.
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sndgpr26

@sndgpr26-Yb3sXd • Aug 27, 2012

there can be man
Prashanth_p@cchi
Seeing No puzzle being posted from past three days, thought of posting one, but a simple one.

There is a pond, and it has four temples around it. The duty of a florist there is to distribute the flowers to these temples. Can you tell me what is the minimum number of flowers that he can get in the begging (N), keeping the following in mind?

He should get some flowers (N). {N not equal to 0}.
He should dip all of them in the pond.
Give some flowers (say A) to 1st temple.
Again dip the remaining flowers in the pond.
Give the same number of flowers(A) to 2nd temple.
Again dip the remaining flowers in the pond and so on...... until the 4th temple. After giving the flowers to the 4th temple, he should be remaining with nothing.

Note that, every time he dips the flowers, the number of flowers will be doubled.
there can be many answer to this
1.N=15 and he put 16 flower per temple
2.N=30.................32.......................
3.N=45.................48......................
.............
........
.....
and so on
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sndgpr26

@sndgpr26-Yb3sXd • Aug 27, 2012

there can be man
Prashanth_p@cchi
Seeing No puzzle being posted from past three days, thought of posting one, but a simple one.

There is a pond, and it has four temples around it. The duty of a florist there is to distribute the flowers to these temples. Can you tell me what is the minimum number of flowers that he can get in the begging (N), keeping the following in mind?

He should get some flowers (N). {N not equal to 0}.
He should dip all of them in the pond.
Give some flowers (say A) to 1st temple.
Again dip the remaining flowers in the pond.
Give the same number of flowers(A) to 2nd temple.
Again dip the remaining flowers in the pond and so on...... until the 4th temple. After giving the flowers to the 4th temple, he should be remaining with nothing.

Note that, every time he dips the flowers, the number of flowers will be doubled.
there can be many answer to this
1.N=15 and he put 16 flower per temple
2.N=30.................32.......................
3.N=45.................48......................
.............
........
.....
and so on
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sndgpr26

@sndgpr26-Yb3sXd • Aug 27, 2012

there can be man
Prashanth_p@cchi
Seeing No puzzle being posted from past three days, thought of posting one, but a simple one.

There is a pond, and it has four temples around it. The duty of a florist there is to distribute the flowers to these temples. Can you tell me what is the minimum number of flowers that he can get in the begging (N), keeping the following in mind?

He should get some flowers (N). {N not equal to 0}.
He should dip all of them in the pond.
Give some flowers (say A) to 1st temple.
Again dip the remaining flowers in the pond.
Give the same number of flowers(A) to 2nd temple.
Again dip the remaining flowers in the pond and so on...... until the 4th temple. After giving the flowers to the 4th temple, he should be remaining with nothing.

Note that, every time he dips the flowers, the number of flowers will be doubled.
there can be many answer to this
1.N=15 and he put 16 flower per temple
2.N=30.................32.......................
3.N=45.................48......................
.............
........
.....
and so on
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