Puzzle of the Day 403!
In this week's episode of "Downton Abbey", Carson the butler develops a drinking problem.
He secretly opens a Nebuchadnezzar (that's a really big bottle) of the Earl's wine, pours a glass, then conceals his crime by pouring a glass of water back into the bottle and resealing it. (The liquids mix perfectly and instantaneously, as usually happens in puzzles.)
Carson does this once a day for two weeks, drinking increasingly diluted wine every day. At the end of the fortnight, the bottle is half wine and half water.
(The puzzle; medium-easy). How many glasses does the Nebuchadnezzar hold? (It's not an integer.)
He secretly opens a Nebuchadnezzar (that's a really big bottle) of the Earl's wine, pours a glass, then conceals his crime by pouring a glass of water back into the bottle and resealing it. (The liquids mix perfectly and instantaneously, as usually happens in puzzles.)
Carson does this once a day for two weeks, drinking increasingly diluted wine every day. At the end of the fortnight, the bottle is half wine and half water.
(The puzzle; medium-easy). How many glasses does the Nebuchadnezzar hold? (It's not an integer.)