Question 10

Question 10 :
After somehow escaping from the previous castle, pangs of hunger grip him. Mario visits a chocolate store nearby where the shopkeeper has 9 jars filled with 4,2,6,7,3,4,5,8,3 jellyfishes respectively. Each second he is allowed to either double the content of one jar, or eat 9 jellyfishes (one from each jar). Can Mario always empty all the jars using these moves?If yes, then give the minimum time required to empty the jars ?
(Answer 0 if no)

Answer is 36

answe should be 0

It is possible but I got 38.... I dont think that is right ,it will be nice if someone comes up with a solution...

Hey don't worry 38 is right. I also got 38 and I'm sure it's right.
Here's how I did Q10:
Seconds_______Jellyfishes in jars 1 to 9
______________4,2,6,7,3,4,5,8,3
1_____________3,1,5,6,2,3,4,7,2
1_____________3,2,5,6,2,3,4,7,2
1_____________2,1,4,5,1,2,3,6,1
3_____________2,2,4,5,2,2,3,6,2
1_____________1,1,3,4,1,1,2,5,1
5_____________2,2,3,4,2,2,2,5,2
1_____________1,1,2,3,1,1,1,4,1
6_____________2,2,2,3,2,2,2,4,2
1_____________1,1,1,2,1,1,1,3,1
7_____________2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,2
1_____________1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1
8_____________2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2
2_____________0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
Total time = 38 seconds

The answer is 21

its 19

hey

may i have an idea of the cutoff of this papar?

I have heard from somewhere that last time it was around 37-40. And this time the paper was bit more difficult so you can think that where it will lie this time.

Answer is 20

I got the answer 38

i would like to tell u all ... that the answer is 8 as its no where written that all should finish at once even croco eats 1 from each jar it will finish in 8 times

37. Nothing else.

He will take 33 sec to eat them

I got 29