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-- Fill the 3.

-- Empty it into the 5. Now the 5 has 3-qt of water in it, and 2-qt of empty space.

-- Fill the 3 again.

-- Use the full 3 to fill the remaining 2-qt of empty space in the 5.

-- That leaves 1-qt of water in the 3.

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Q: How can you use a 3-qt pail and a 5-qt pail to measure out 1 qt of water?
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