SOLUTION: Pedro and petra went to fetch a container of water from well. Pedro had a 3 gal container while petra had 5 gal container. When they were on their way home, they found an 8 gal con

Question 1144453: Pedro and petra went to fetch a container of water from well. Pedro had a 3 gal container while petra had 5 gal container. When they were on their way home, they found an 8 gal container. How should they divide the water so that each one had 4 gal of water?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
very similar classic problem.
https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-divide-8-liters-of-oil-in-two-equal-parts-if-we-have-only-three-pots-of-3-5-and-8-liters
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