Nupe, Jenna hasn't even tried, so no solution. A hint instead
To be able to make the mix you have to somehow or other get 7l of water in a container, to throw it into the juice container. For which values of n can you turn it into 7 using the legal operations you have?
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ok you fill the empty one with water so that it matches the orange juice (thus having 3L water, 3L orange juice, and (n-3)L of water). What was formerly in the other container must be a multiple of 3 plus one to be able to solve. Therefore, 3x+1=n. x must be equal to or greater than 2
if n is a whole number:
if x=2, then you simply mix all of the liquids together.
if x=3,4,5... then you empty the formerly empty container and refill it with water up to 3L until you deduce that there is one litre of water in the third container, at which time you keep the water in the formerly empty container, and mix all of the water with the orange juice.
if n is a whole number:
if x=2, then you simply mix all of the liquids together.
if x=3,4,5... then you empty the formerly empty container and refill it with water up to 3L until you deduce that there is one litre of water in the third container, at which time you keep the water in the formerly empty container, and mix all of the water with the orange juice.
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See, Jenn? Not so hard good job Matt.
Hmm...
5. A number is good if its digits can be separated in two groups so that the sum of the numbers in one group is equal to the sum of the numbers in the other group. For example, 21300 is good because 2+0+1=3+0, and 187 is good because 8=1+7, but 125 isn't good.
Find the smallest natural number n so that n is good and n+1 is also good.
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5. A number is good if its digits can be separated in two groups so that the sum of the numbers in one group is equal to the sum of the numbers in the other group. For example, 21300 is good because 2+0+1=3+0, and 187 is good because 8=1+7, but 125 isn't good.
Find the smallest natural number n so that n is good and n+1 is also good.