Do you know how to fill up a bucket with water? Small SBD prize if you can.

pandasquad (58) in puzzle • 7 years ago

There is a 5 litre bucket, a 3 litre bucket and unlimited water, but no other measuring devices. How can you fill the 5 litre bucket with exactly 4 litres of water?

There is a grand prize of 0.003 SBD for the winner and two 0.001 SBD runner up prizes.

The winner is the first correct answer. After 7 days the runners up will be randomly selected. I will use a random number generator and assign numbers to all correct answers and the two chosen will win (It's a small prize but mainly just for fun.) After 7 days I post an answer/identify the correct answer and pay out the rewards.

Please optionally upvote if you like this post or give an answer, have fun!

I usually, but not always, get voting bots on my posts after a few days to allow people to earn curation rewards.

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7 years ago by pandasquad (58)

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fortunee (53) · 7 years ago

Nothing to add, everything is already said by @only.ray

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only.ray (29) · 7 years ago

There are two ways to do that

Fill the 5 litre can from the tap
Empty the 5 litre can into the 3 litre can
leaving 2 litres in the 5 litre can.
Pour away the contents of the 3 litre can.
Fill the 3 litre can with the 2 litres from the 5 litre can
leaving 2 litres in the 3 litre can.
Fill the 5 litre can from the tap.
Fill the remaining 1 litre space in the 3 litre can from the 5 litre can.
Leaving 4 litres in the 5 litre can.

Or:

Fill the 3 litre can from the tap.
Empty the contents of the 3 litre can into the 5 litre can.
Fill the 3 litre can from the tap.
Empty the contents of the 3 litre can into the 5 litre can.
Leaving the 5 litre can full and 1 litre in the 3 litre can.
Pour away the contents of the 5 litre can
Pour the 1 litre from the 3 litre can into the 5 litre can.
Fill the 3 litre can from the tap.
Empty the contents of the 3 litre can into the 5 litre can.
Leaving 4 litres in the 5 litre can.

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pandasquad (58) · 7 years ago

Nice answer, very detailed, for finding two ways i'll send a bonus over

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only.ray (29) · 7 years ago

Your awesome!

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alejandr (53) · 7 years ago

Accurate ans great

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only.ray (29) · 7 years ago (edited)

We can share this prize. If I get it. :-) Woohooooo

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drotto (48) · 7 years ago

This post has received a 1.34 % upvote from @drotto thanks to: @pandasquad.

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upvotewhale (47) · 7 years ago

This post received a 0.546 SBD (7.04%) upvote from @upvotewhale thanks to @pandasquad! For more information, check out my profile!

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uber-dragon (45) · 7 years ago

fill 5l bucket (5/5;0/3), transfer 3l to the 3l bucket (2/5;3/3), empty 3l bucket (2/5;0/3), transfer remaining 2l from 5l bucket to 3l bucket (0/5;2/3), fill 5l bucket (5/5;2/3), transfer 1l from 5l bucket to 3l bucket (4/5;3/3)

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