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How did he do this if he only have a three-gallon container and a five-gallon container?

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Yusuf have a barrel of oil, and he need to measure out just one gallon. How did he do this if he only have a three-gallon container and a five-gallon container?

posted Jun 20, 2014 by Nikita Sehgal

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Step 1: Fill the three gallon oil using 3 gallon container and pour it in 5 gallon container (Current Status 3:0 5:3) .
Step 2: Fill three gallon container and pour it in 5 gallon container remaining in smaller container would be 1 gallon.

answer Jun 20, 2014 by Pardeep Kohli
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1) fill 5 gallon container ---------------> 3 gallon container have 0 lgallon and 5 gallon container have 5 gallon water

2) pour water from 5 gallon container to 3 gallon container --------> 3 gallon container have 3 lgallon and 5 gallon container have 2 gallon water

3) empty 3 gallon conainer -----> 3 gallon container have 0 lgallon and 5 gallon container have 2 gallon water

4) pour water from 5 gallon container to 3 gallon container -----> 3 gallon container have 2 gallon and 5 gallon container have 0 gallon water

5) fill 5 gallon container -----> 3 gallon container have 2 gallon and 5 gallon container have 5 gallon water

6) pour water from 5 gallon container to 3 gallon container -----> 3 gallon container have 3 gallon and 5 gallon container have 4 gallon water

7) empty 3 gallon container -----> 3 gallon container have 0 gallon and 5 gallon container have 4 gallon water

8) pour water from 5 gallon container to 3 gallon container -----> 3 gallon container have 3 gallon and 5 gallon container have 1 gallon water

answer Jun 20, 2014 by Anuj Agrawal
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First fill the three gallon container and pour in the 5 gallon container and again fill the 3 gallon and pour in the 5 gallon so there will be 1 gallon left.

answer Jun 20, 2014 by Binu Mon



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