It was a response for an old blog on มวล that reminded of this puzzle I had left waiting for solutions for a good while. Well I have a solution (to prove that this puzzle can be solved).
Here is my solution:
One solution to
3 water jugs (19L, 13L and 7L), 19L is empty, others are full;
Target: wanted 2 jugs of water 10L each.
19L 13L 7L
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0 13 7 initial ???
13 0 7 pour water in 13L jug into 19L jug empty jug to get
19 0 1 pour water in 7L jug into 19L jug until the 10L jug is full
19 1 0 pour rest of water in 7L jug into 13L jug
12 1 7 19L--> 7L
12 8 0 7L --> 13L
5 8 7 19L-->7L leaves 5 in 19L
5 13 2 7L-->13L leaves 2 in 7L
18 0 2
18 2 0
11 2 7 19L-->7L leaves 11 in 19L
11 9 0
4 9 7 19L-->7L leaves 4 in 19L
4 13 3 7L-->13L leaves 3 in 7L
17 0 3
17 3 0
10 3 7 19L-->7L leaves 10 in 19L
10 10 0 final and solved ;-)
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