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You have two empty containers that water can be placed in. One is 3 gallons in capacity while the other is 5 gallons in capacity. You are standing next to the ocean. Your task is to determine how to measure 4 gallons of water. No estimation!! You can fill, dump, refill, and dump as many times as you want.
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\n" ); document.write( "Fill the 5 gallon container
\n" ); document.write( "Dump 3 gal into the 3 gallon container
\n" ); document.write( "Empty the 3 gal container
\n" ); document.write( "Pour the remaining 2 gal from the 5 gal container to the 3 gallon container
\n" ); document.write( "Fill the 5 gallon container
\n" ); document.write( "Pour 1 gal from the 5 gallon container to fill the 3 gallon container
\n" ); document.write( "4 gal remains in the 5 gallon container \n" ); document.write( "

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