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Puzzle: You have a 3 litre bucket and a 5 litre bucket. How do you get 4 litres?
Posted on 4/20/15 at 11:25 pm
Posted on 4/20/15 at 11:25 pm
You have a hose along with a 3 liter bucket and a 5 liter bucket. How do you get exactly 4 liters of water from this setup?
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Posted on 4/20/15 at 11:27 pm to Street Hawk
Fill 5L exactly halfway, fill 3L exactly halfway
2.5L + 1.5L = 4L
????
Profit
2.5L + 1.5L = 4L
????
Profit
Posted on 4/20/15 at 11:27 pm to Street Hawk
Stop saying litre. It makes me want to punch you.
Posted on 4/20/15 at 11:27 pm to Street Hawk
i watch some die hard with samuel l
Posted on 4/20/15 at 11:27 pm to Street Hawk
You could fill them both up and take half out of each one
This post was edited on 4/20/15 at 11:28 pm
Posted on 4/20/15 at 11:28 pm to Street Hawk
Find an 8 Liter Bucket and fill it half full!
Posted on 4/20/15 at 11:29 pm to Street Hawk
Danny Glover is on a toilet with a bomb strapped to it.
What do you do?
What do you do?
Posted on 4/20/15 at 11:29 pm to Street Hawk
Fill up the 5 and dump out 1
This post was edited on 4/20/15 at 11:30 pm
Posted on 4/20/15 at 11:29 pm to Boats n Hose
quote:
Fill 5L exactly halfway, fill 3L exactly halfway
How will you know what is half way? There is no eyeballing. Your answer is wrong by the way.
For this type of question, it’s easiest to use deductive reasoning to get the answer. You know you can’t possibly get 4 liters of water in the 3 liter bucket – it has to be in the 5 liter bucket.
This post was edited on 4/20/15 at 11:33 pm
Posted on 4/20/15 at 11:29 pm to Street Hawk
Order a four liter bucket off eBay.
Fill it to the brim.
That's four liters.
Fill it to the brim.
That's four liters.
Posted on 4/20/15 at 11:29 pm to Street Hawk
Fill up both buckets, place the 3 liter bucket inside of the 5 liter bucket
Displacememt and science and ahit
Displacememt and science and ahit
Posted on 4/20/15 at 11:30 pm to Jones
Fill the 3 liter up and pour into 5 liter. Fill up 3 liter again and pour until 5 is now full. That leaves exactly 1 liter left in the 3 liter container. Empty the 5 container and pour the 1liter left in the 3 container into the 5 container. Fill up the 3 container again and pour into the 5. Now you have exactly 4 liters in the 5.
Posted on 4/20/15 at 11:30 pm to Street Hawk
You could measure it
Posted on 4/20/15 at 11:30 pm to Street Hawk
There are 2 ways to do it.
This post was edited on 4/20/15 at 11:37 pm
Posted on 4/20/15 at 11:30 pm to Street Hawk
quote:
How will you what is half way? There is no eyeballing. Your answer is wrong by the way.
No it's not. Use the hose, measure depth, fold back on itself to find half the length. The coonass way. That will give you 4 liters while everyone else is sitting around scratching their arse trying to come up with a better plan.
I'll take the prize sir.
Posted on 4/20/15 at 11:31 pm to Street Hawk
1) fill up 3L bucket and pour in the 5L bucket.
2) fill up 3L bucket and pour into 5L bucket until it is filled
3) empty 5L bucket and pour remaining 1L from 3L bucket into the 5L bucket
4) fill up 3L bucket and pour into 5L bucket
2) fill up 3L bucket and pour into 5L bucket until it is filled
3) empty 5L bucket and pour remaining 1L from 3L bucket into the 5L bucket
4) fill up 3L bucket and pour into 5L bucket
Posted on 4/20/15 at 11:31 pm to WalkingTurtles
Why bring in the logic?
Posted on 4/20/15 at 11:31 pm to WalkingTurtles
quote:
Fill the 3 liter up and pour into 5 liter. Fill up 3 liter again and pour until 5 is now full. That leaves exactly 1 liter left in the 3 liter container. Empty the 5 container and pour the 1liter left in the 3 container into the 5 container. Fill up the 3 container again and pour into the 5. Now you have exactly 4 liters in the 5.
Smart
Posted on 4/20/15 at 11:32 pm to WalkingTurtles
quote:
Fill the 3 liter up and pour into 5 liter. Fill up 3 liter again and pour until 5 is now full. That leaves exactly 1 liter left in the 3 liter container. Empty the 5 container and pour the 1liter left in the 3 container into the 5 container. Fill up the 3 container again and pour into the 5. Now you have exactly 4 liters in the 5.
Winner! You must be an investment banker. If not, you should try. You'd do well in the interview based on a sample size of 1 correct answer.
Posted on 4/20/15 at 11:32 pm to Street Hawk
Never mind. I'm an idiot. 
Ashamed.
Ashamed.
This post was edited on 4/20/15 at 11:34 pm
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