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Solution to CyberTeaser B276

It’s not hard to see that the family can drink 6 + 1 = 7 bottles of milk, and it will have three empty bottles left. Then the family can borrow one empty bottle, exchange the four empty bottles for one bottle of milk, drink it, and return the bottle it borrowed. Thus, the family can drink eight bottles of milk.

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