Monday, July 22, 2013

Measuring 4 Liters of Liquid

You have only 3L and 5L measuring cups, and you need 4 liters of water.
Fill the 5L cup, then pour into the 3L cup.  Now you have 2 liters in the 5L cup.  Empty the 3L cup.  Pour the 2 liters from the 5L cup into the 3L cup.  Fill the 5L cup again, then from it pour into the 3L cup.  You are going to pour only 1 liter, since the 3L cup already has the 2 liters, thus we have 4 liters left in the 5L cup.

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