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faygo
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OK, a man goes to the river needing 4 quarts of water. He has a 3 quart and a 5 quart pail. How does he get 4 quarts.
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Eduardo
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He fills up his 5 quart pail and uses the 3 quart one to take a pee. He carries both pails home and presents them to his wife. Upon seeing the pail of pee, his wife cries out "We needed 4 quarts of water, not a bucket of piss!" She dumps the piss in the back lawn which attracts a 1-quart-drinking fox. The fox drinks from the 5 quart bucket, leaving 4 quarts.
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faygo
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He fills up his 5 quart pail and uses the 3 quart one to take a pee. He carries both pails home and presents them to his wife. Upon seeing the pail of pee, his wife cries out "We needed 4 quarts of water, not a bucket of piss!" She dumps the piss in the back lawn which attracts a 1-quart-drinking fox. The fox drinks from the 5 quart bucket, leaving 4 quarts.
Close, but no Taco.
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edog743
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I would fill the 5 quart pail full pour into the three quart pail until it is full. Mark the water level in the 5quart pail empty the 3 quart pail. fill 3 quart pail with remaining contents of the 5 quart pail. Refill 5 quart pail to the line I marked and go home with 4 quarts of water evenly dsitributed betwixt each pail.
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feline57
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I want to know why he needs exactly 4 quarts of water.
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Tangueray
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I want to know why he needs exactly 4 quarts of water.
His wife wanted it.
His wife wanted it.
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shadowman
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OK, a man goes to the river needing 4 quarts of water. He has a 3 quart and a 5 quart pail. How does he get 4 quarts.
He pulls out his trusty CD and watches Bruce Willis figure it out in Die Hard III.
He pulls out his trusty CD and watches Bruce Willis figure it out in Die Hard III.
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Galeygoo
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...Tick, tick, tick
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shadowman
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Ok, here's the solution.
Fill the 5 quart pail ... pour from it to the 3 quart pail leaving 2 quarts ... empty the 3 quart pail and pour the 2 quarts into it from the 5 quart pail ... fill the 5 quart pail and pour from it into the 3 quart pail until it is full ... you now have 4 quarts.
Fill the 5 quart pail ... pour from it to the 3 quart pail leaving 2 quarts ... empty the 3 quart pail and pour the 2 quarts into it from the 5 quart pail ... fill the 5 quart pail and pour from it into the 3 quart pail until it is full ... you now have 4 quarts.
