document.write( "Question 202: How can you get 6 cups of a liquid
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document.write( "using a container that holds 4 cups and another one that holds 9 cups? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #67 by ichudov(507)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! If you fill a 9 cup container, and then pour off to fill a full 4 cup \n" ); document.write( "container, dump water from the 4 cup container and fill it again, you \n" ); document.write( "would be left with 9-4-4 = one cup of water in the big container. Pour \n" ); document.write( "that one cup of water into the 4 cup container and set it aside. Fill \n" ); document.write( "the 9 cup again, pour off 3 cups into the 4 cup container (which \n" ); document.write( "already holds one cup, so it has space for 3 more cups), you will end \n" ); document.write( "up with 6 cups in the big container. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |