SOLUTION: Mario has two barrels, one with a capacity of 5 liters and the other with 7 liters.Having no possibility of measurement, how to get exactly one liter of water, using only the two b
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Question 1157972: Mario has two barrels, one with a capacity of 5 liters and the other with 7 liters.Having no possibility of measurement, how to get exactly one liter of water, using only the two barrels?
Answer by VFBundy(438) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-Fill 7-liter barrel with water
-Pour water from 7-liter barrel into 5-liter barrel
7-liter barrel now has 2 liters in it
-Empty 5-liter barrel
-Pour 2 liters of water from 7-liter barrel into 5-liter barrel
5-liter barrel now has 2 liters in it
-Fill 7-liter barrel with water
-Pour water from 7-liter barrel into 5-liter barrel
7-liter barrel now has 4 liters in it
-Empty 5-liter barrel
-Pour 4 liters from 7-liter barrel into 5-liter barrel
5-liter barrel now has 4 liters in it
-Fill 7-liter barrel with water
-Pour water from 7-liter barrel in 5-liter barrel
7-liter barrel now has 6 liters in it
-Empty 5-liter barrel
-Pour water from 7-liter barrel into 5-liter barrel
7-liter barrel now has 1 liter in it
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