Whoever Can Solve This Gets + Rep

[Lµke]

Right ok lets conduct alittle test to see if anyone can solve this. Its pritty simple and will take less than 5 minutes if you use logic. Its also been done on a film (who says watching television isnt educational ) so you might know how to do it from that anyway.


I have two containers;

One container holds 3 liters of water
One container holds 5 liters of water

Now i want to get exactly 4 liters of water into the 5 liter container.

You can only use the two containers and nothing else, it can also be done.

+rep to whoever posts the correct answer first.

[LeftForDead]

pour a liter of water from container which holds fiver into container which holds three, bearing in mind that u mean its holding and not thats the max amount because if you mean then both containers could be empty or could have 1 liter each in.

[Mr.OSH]

Right ok lets conduct alittle test to see if anyone can solve this. Its pritty simple and will take less than 5 minutes if you use logic. Its also been done on a film (who says watching television isnt educational ) so you might know how to do it from that anyway.


I have two containers;

One container holds 3 liters of water
One container holds 5 liters of water

Now i want to get exactly 4 liters of water into the 5 liter container.

You can only use the two containers and nothing else, it can also be done.

+rep to whoever posts the correct answer first.

Tip one litre of of water into the one with 3 litres so they both have 4? :S

[Lµke]

Tip one litre of of water into the one with 3 litres so they both have 4? :S

pour a liter of water from container which holds fiver into container which holds three, bearing in mind that u mean its holding and not thats the max amount because if you mean then both containers could be empty or could have 1 liter each in.

At both posts above, how do you know its exactly 1 liter though? Bear in mind you cant use any measuring equipment.

[benjamin]

use half of 3 litre jug for 1.5, and half of the 5 litre jug for 2.5, mix them both up and it makes 4???

[LeftForDead]

At both posts above, how do you know its exactly 1 liter though? Bear in mind you cant use any measuring equipment.

but i am really good at maths and i can count every ml of water
(this is in a imagenry world obv)

[3d]

Right ok lets conduct alittle test to see if anyone can solve this. Its pritty simple and will take less than 5 minutes if you use logic. Its also been done on a film (who says watching television isnt educational ) so you might know how to do it from that anyway.


I have two containers;

One container holds 3 liters of water
One container holds 5 liters of water

Now i want to get exactly 4 liters of water into the 5 liter container.

You can only use the two containers and nothing else, it can also be done.

+rep to whoever posts the correct answer first.

sounds silly but would you add em together and divide by 2 ?

[Lµke]

use half of 3 litre jug for 1.5, and half of the 5 litre jug for 2.5, mix them both up and it makes 4???

How would that be accurate though? You can't say that you've got EXACTLY 1.5 liters of water?

sounds silly but would you add em together and divide by 2 ?

Nope

[brandon]

Place 3 upside down in 5, fill 5, remove 3 without spilling any water, pour 5 into 3, fill 5, pour 5 into 3 until 3 fills.

[Lµke]

Place 3 upside down in 5, fill 5, remove 3 without spilling any water, pour 5 into 3, fill 5, pour 5 into 3 until 3 fills.

Can you elaborate on that further? Because i can't see cleary whats being filled up and whats being emptied into where and what not.