there are three temples in a row in front of each temple there is a pond before entering the temple the person has to take a bath in the pond. The speciality of all the ponds is that if a person is carrying flowers with him and he takes a dip in the pond the number of the flowers gets doubled. A person is carrying some flowers he take a dip and offers some flowers in the first temple, then he again takes a dip and offers flowers, again the same in the third temple, the man offers equal number of flowers in all the three temples and he comes out empty handed after offering flower in the third temple, how many flowers was he carrying in the begining
2006-06-21 05:23:59 · 11 answers · asked by stone 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
he came with 7 flowers...
dipped in first pond.. it doubled . so he got 14 , wen to temple.. offerds 8, 6 balance.. again dipped .. it doubled to 12, offered 8 ,, balance 4 .. again dipped got 8 in hand .. went to third temple offered 8.. so finally empty handed....
m waiting for ur reply ....
2006-06-21 05:32:20 · answer #1 · answered by dinesh k 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋
1
2006-06-21 05:33:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can be any initial number of flowers at the beginning. He just have to take 2 baths and offer the same initial number of flowers twice at each of the first 2 temples - each time keeping the same initial number of flowers in hand for the next bath, and the remaining 'doubled' number of flowers at the last temple after bathing at the 3rd pool. In short, each temple receives an offering of double the initial number of flowers. You did not specify that the person can only bathe and offer flowers only once at each temple.
2006-06-21 06:01:44 · answer #3 · answered by Son of Gap 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He brought only a bouquet of flowers. Before entering the 1st temple, he dipped the bouquet of flowers in the water and got 2 bouquets. After offering the 1st temple 1 bouquet, he came out and dipped the other one in the water and got 2 bouquets again, then he offered 1 of the 2 bouquets to the 2nd temple, and the other one to the 3rd temple. That was why he came out empty-handed without any flowers. To answer your question, he had only 1 bouquet of flowers in the beginning.
2006-06-21 05:59:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i guess he came out with 2, he delivered "cloned" flowers in the first and in the third temple but not in the second, so i guess he didnt enter the pond of the second temple and he gave his last 2 "original" flowers to the secpnd temple
so in a summary the story goes like this, he brought 2 flowers with himself in the beggining, he entered the first temple''s pond and came out with 4 flowers, he gave 2 flowers to the first temple and with the other 2 he entered the third temple's pond, comin out with 4 others, he gives 2 more flowers to the third temple and finally gets with 2, which he gives to tle last (second) temple and leaves the area empty-handed
2006-06-21 05:29:12 · answer #5 · answered by AFTP 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this riddle would make sense if you told us how many flowers were handed at each temple. right now the answer could vary from 0 to infinity.
2006-06-21 06:25:48 · answer #6 · answered by Izzo_3x 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one. as he came out of the thrd temple he stuck the reminig flowers in his ear.
2006-06-21 05:36:43 · answer #7 · answered by selifash 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He had just one flower with him.
2006-06-21 05:29:59 · answer #8 · answered by alloy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just 2
2006-06-21 05:53:19 · answer #9 · answered by andre g 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one flower.
2006-06-21 05:54:04 · answer #10 · answered by ___ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋