Question

How can you use a five gallon bucket and a three gallon bucket to fill the five gallon bucket four gallons full?

Answer 1

To fill the five-gallon bucket with exactly four gallons of liquid using a five-gallon bucket and a three-gallon bucket, you can follow these steps:go

1. Fill the five-gallon bucket to its maximum capacity.

2. Pour the contents of the five-gallon bucket into the three-gallon bucket. This leaves you with two gallons in the five-gallon bucket.

3. Empty the three-gallon bucket.

4. Pour the two gallons from the five-gallon bucket back into the three-gallon bucket.

5. Fill the five-gallon bucket to its maximum capacity again.

6. Pour one gallon from the five-gallon bucket into the three-gallon bucket, which already contains two gallons. This will leave you with four gallons in the five-gallon bucket.

So, by using the five-gallon bucket and the three-gallon bucket, you can fill the five-gallon bucket with exactly four gallons of liquid.

Answer 2

Explanation:

1. Fill the 3 gallon bucket completely with water.

2. Pour the water from the 3 gallon bucket into the 5 gallon bucket.

3. Fill the 3 gallon bucket again with water.

4. Pour water from the 3 gallon bucket into the 5 gallon bucket until it is full. At this point, there will be 1 gallon of water in the 3 gallon bucket and 5 gallons of water in the 5 gallon bucket.

5. Empty the 5 gallon bucket.

6. Pour the 1 gallon of water from the 3 gallon bucket into the 5 gallon bucket.

7. Fill the 3 gallon bucket completely with water.

8. Pour water from the 3 gallon bucket into the 5 gallon bucket until it is full. This will add another 3 gallons of water to the 5 gallon bucket, making it full and totaling 4 gallons in the bucket.