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Fill the 5 gallon bucket to the top from the water hose.
Use the 5 gallon bucket to fill the 3 gallon bucket. This leaves 2 gallons in the 5 gallon bucket and 3 gallons in the 3 gallon bucket.
Dump out exactly half of the water out of the 5 gallon bucket. This leaves 1 gallon of water in that bucket.
Dump all the water from the 3 gallon bucket into the 5 gallon bucket. This leaves you with 4 gallons of water in the 5 gallon bucket, and 1 gallon of water wasted.
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Quoth RootedPhoenix View PostDump out exactly half of the water out of the 5 gallon bucket. This leaves 1 gallon of water in that bucket.
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Quoth Chromatix View PostYes, that works - but you still waste 6 gallons rather than 5. You've only poured away 3 gallons, true, but you have 3 gallons left over that you're not carrying.
Quoth Aethian View PostOnly problem is on most games where this question is posted you can't dump out odd amounts. All or nothing, unless of course it's the 5 to the 3 but thats because the 3 got all.I AM the evil bastard!
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Quoth lordlundar View PostThat's because the challenge requires it to be exact...
Not to mention the dog sneaking a drink in the middle of the project.I am not an a**hole. I am a hemorrhoid. I irritate a**holes!
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Quoth dalesys View PostThen where are the corrections for wetting of bucket surfaces, evaporation/condensation, bucket stretch under load, thermal expansion/contraction, air pressure changes (liquids are only incompressable relative to gases), chemical reactions (hydration/solution)...
Not to mention the dog sneaking a drink in the middle of the project.I AM the evil bastard!
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