I have a 5 gallon bucket and a 3 gallon bucket. I want exactly 4 gallons. How can I get exactly 4 gallons using the other two buckets?
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you place 1 gallon from the 5 gallon bucket into the 3 gallon bucket
ReplyDeleteHow do you place one gallon from the 5 gallon into the 3 gallon? How do you know you have exactly one gallon?
ReplyDeleteWhat if you were to fill the 3 gallon bucket from the 5 gallon buck. Poor out 1/2 of the remaining water in the 5 gallon bucket, then return the water from the 3 gallon bucket into the 5 gallon buck?
ReplyDeletedump both out so that you have zero in each
ReplyDeletethen drink 8 gallons of milk, fill all with water, then dump four in each :)
that's a lot of milk
ReplyDeletewho would drink that much, unless you mean like over a month or two or some long time like that, but all in one day would be crazy
ReplyDeleteYou buy a 4 gallon bucket! :)
ReplyDeletethat has 4 gallons of milk in it
ReplyDeletebut she wants water, not milk
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ReplyDeleteHow do you know if it is exactly 1/2? There are no marks on the bucket to measure with.
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ReplyDeleteSarah,
ReplyDeleteBuying a 4 gallon bucket is not an option!!
Matt,
ReplyDeleteThanks for being random :-)
it was my idea to bye a four gallon bucket
ReplyDeleteMilk works so does Root Beer :-)
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, although the comment was deleted.
ReplyDeletewell then she can cut off some of the bucket on the 5 gallon bucket.
ReplyDeleteWell, if you pour the 5 into the 3, and dump out 3, u still have 2 in the 5. Put that 2 into the 3, and refill the 5. Pour 5 into 3 (2 alrdy in there, so 1 goes in) and theres 4 left in the 5...
ReplyDelete-Jacob W (yahoo name is messed up lol)
To previous post, fixed my name.... Anyway that is one of the 2 answers I have found.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jacob. I am glad someone took me seriously. Is there another way that someone else can figure out?
ReplyDeleteYour welcome :) I can post the second answer if you want me too...
ReplyDeletehold off and see if someone else figures it out. If they don't then you can.
ReplyDeletejacob jsut post the secound anwser
ReplyDeleteLol tommy....Figure it out :) I started with the 5 in the first one, so start with the 3
ReplyDeleteits almost exactually like jacobs but first you pour the 3 gallons into the 5 bucket refill the 3 bucket, fill up the 5 with the 3 gallon bucket, dump out the 1 gallon left in the 3 bucket, pour 5 into 3 so you have 2 in 5 gallon bucket, dump 3 gallon bucket out, put the 2 in to the 3, fill the 5 and pour 1 gallon into the 3 gallon (already containing the 2), dump out the 3 gallon bucket and now you have 4 gallons in the 5 gallon bucket
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