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If you have a 3 gallon container and 5 gallon container of water how do you get to four gallons without being able to measure?
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Notation: ( x , y ) where x is the amount of water in the 3-gallon container and y is the amount of water in the 5-gallon container
1. Fill the three-gallon container ( 3 , 0 )
2. Pour the three gallons into the 5-gallon container ( 0 , 3 )
3. Fill the three-gallon container ( 3 , 3 )
4. Fill the five-gallon container with the three-gallon container, leaving 1 gallon in the three gallon container ( 1 , 5 )
5. Pour out the water from the five-gallon container ( 1 , 0 )
6. Pour the water from the three-gallon container into the five-gallon container ( 0 , 1 )
7. Fill the three-gallon container ( 3 , 1 )
8. Pour the water from the three-gallon container into the five-gallon container ( 0 , 4 )
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