Water and Jug Problem in C++

Suppose we have two jugs with capacities x and y liters. There is an infinite amount of water supply available to us. Now we need to determine whether it is possible to measure exactly z liters using these two jugs. If z liters of water are measurable, we must have z liters of water contained within one or both buckets by the end.

We can do these few operations −

• Fill any of the jugs fully with water.

• Empty any of the jugs.

• Pour water from one jug into another till the other jug is completely full or the first jug itself is empty.

So if x = 2 and y = 5, and z = 4, then it will return true.

To solve this, we will follow these steps −

• if x + y < z, then return false

• if x = z or y = z, or x + y = z, then return true

• return true z is divisible by gcd of x and y, otherwise false

Example (C++)

Let us see the following implementation to get a better understanding −

 Live Demo

#include <bits/stdc++.h&g;
using namespace std;
class Solution {
   public:
   bool canMeasureWater(int x, int y, int z) {
      if(x + y < z) return false;
      if(x == z || y == z || x + y == z) return true;
      return z % __gcd(x, y) == 0;
   }
};
main(){
   Solution ob;
   cout << (ob.canMeasureWater(3,5,4));
}

Input

3
5
4

Output

1

Arnab Chakraborty

Published on 02-May-2020 11:33:29