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Originally Posted by MacDaddyPlaya
A man lives by a river and has only a 5 gallon bucket and a 3 gallon bucket. Using only these two buckets how can the man get exactly 4 gallons of water?
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This is a simple math problem.
Fill the 3 gallon bucket and pour it into the 5 gallon bucket.
Fill the 3 gallon bucket again, and pour it into the 5 gallon, only 2 gallons will go into the 5 gallon which already has 3 gallons. So no you're left with 1 gallon in the 3 gallon bucket.
Empty the 5 gallon bucket and pour your 1 gallon into the 5 gallon bucket. Then fill your 3 gallon bucket again and pour it into the 5 gallon. You now have 4 gallons in the 5 gallon bucket.