this actually is an easier riddle to solve

[TallBill]

yOU have a 3 gallon bucket and a 5 gallon bucket, and an unlimited supply of water... how can you measure out 4 gallons

 

[NoreagaCNN]

Been watching some Die Hard 3 I see..... hehe

-Nore

 

[TallBill]

shhhhhhh

 

[J3anyus]

Fill up the 3 gallon bucket, pour that into the 5 gallon bucket, then fill the 3 gallon bucket up a third of the way and pour that into the 5 gallon bucket. Magic, 4 gallons

Although I'm sure that's not the answer you're looking for.

 

[polypterus]

<< Fill up the 3 gallon bucket, pour that into the 5 gallon bucket, then fill the 3 gallon bucket up a third of the way and pour that into the 5 gallon bucket. Magic, 4 gallons

Although I'm sure that's not the answer you're looking for. >>



lol, why not just fill up the 5 gallon bucket 4/5 of the way.

dc

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

J3anyus, you have some Bruce Willis logic going on there.

 

[notfred]

fill up the 5 gallon bucket 80% of the way.

 

[way]

Fill the 5 gal bucket. Pour as much as you can into the 3 gal bucket.
Now the 5 gal bucket has 2 gal. Empty the 3 gal bucket. Now pour the 2 gal into the 3 gal bucket.

Fill the 5 gal bucket again. Pour what you can from it to the 3 gal bucket (that has 2 gal already). When that fills up, you've x-ferred 1 gal from the 5 gal bucket so there's exactly 4 gal in the 5 gal bucket.

 

[Logix]

What way said.

Although, I like the 4/5 solution better.

 

[Ronstang]

FIll the 3 gallon and pour it into the 5 gallon. Fill the 3 gallon again and pour into the 5 gallon to top it off, when the 5 gallon is full there is only 1 gallon left in the 3 gallon bucket. Empty the 5 gallon bucket and transfer the 1 gallon left in the 3 gallon bucket into it. Now fill the 3 gallon again and pour it into the 5 gallon bucket that has 1 gallon in it and Presto 4 gallons!

 

[SuperCyrix]

Fill up the 5 gallon and keep drinking until you piss out 1 gallon.

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

Or you can fill the 3 gallon bucket and pour it into the empty 5 gallon bucket. Then fill the 3 gallon bucket again and fill the 5 gallon bucket up from it. That leaves one gallon in the 3 gallon bucket. Pour the 5 gallon bucket out, then pour in the one gallon left from the 3 gallon bucket into the 5 gallon bucket. Then fill the 3 gallon bucket again and empty it into the 5 gallon bucket. Four gallons in the 5 gallon bucket.

Bah, Ronstang beat me to it.

 

[TallBill]

hehe.. yeah.. i say just get a big measuring cup