You have a five gallon bucket and a three gallon bucket. How do you get exactly four gallons of water with using the five gallon and three gallon bucket?
just a guess but to make it even but 2 gallons in one 2 gallons in another
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but 3 gallons in the 3 gallon bucket and put one galloon in the 5 gallon bucket
To get exactly four gallons of water using a five-gallon and a three-gallon bucket, you can follow these steps:
1. Start with both buckets empty.
2. Fill the five-gallon bucket completely with water.
3. Pour the water from the five-gallon bucket into the three-gallon bucket until the three-gallon bucket is full. This leaves you with two gallons of water in the five-gallon bucket.
4. Empty the three-gallon bucket.
5. Pour the remaining two gallons from the five-gallon bucket into the three-gallon bucket.
6. Refill the five-gallon bucket.
7. Pour water from the five-gallon bucket into the three-gallon bucket until the three-gallon bucket is full. This will require one gallon of water from the five-gallon bucket, leaving you with four gallons of water in the five-gallon bucket.
By following these steps, you can achieve exactly four gallons of water using the five-gallon and three-gallon bucket.