Question 14
The beavers have a water-distribution system. Each bucket retains up to its labelled capacity, except terminal buckets M and N whose capacities are not specified. Any excess splits equally among its outgoing pipes and flows downward. In the example, the top bucket S ends empty, M holds 80 litres and N holds 40 litres; the other buckets end full with 40, 20 and 20 litres.
The beavers build the second system below and pour 200 litres into S. Initially all buckets are empty, and no water spills outside the system. How many litres are in bucket A when the water stops flowing?
The beavers build the second system below and pour 200 litres into S. Initially all buckets are empty, and no water spills outside the system. How many litres are in bucket A when the water stops flowing?