The Emty Flask
The Empty flask
An apothecary found six flasks capable of holding sixteen, eighteen, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, and thirty-four ounces respectively. He filled some with distilled water and then filled all but one of the rest with alcohol, noting that he had used twice as much alcohol as water.
Which flask was left over? And which flasks were used for distilled water, which for alcohol?
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