SOLUTION: You are completing your science project for school and you need 4 gallons of water from the river. you have a 3 gallon bucket and a 5 gallon bucket. How can you accurately measure
Question 1031520: You are completing your science project for school and you need 4 gallons of water from the river. you have a 3 gallon bucket and a 5 gallon bucket. How can you accurately measure 4 gallons of water, if you only have 3 and 5 gallon buckets? Write the steps to complete this task. Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, josmiceli:Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! You are completing your science project for school and you need 4 gallons of water from the river. you have a 3 gallon bucket and a 5 gallon bucket. How can you accurately measure 4 gallons of water, if you only have 3 and 5 gallon buckets? Write the steps to complete this task.
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Fill the 5 g bucket, then pour 3 gallons into the 3 gal bucket.
Dump the 3 gal bucket, then pour the 2 gallons remaining in the 5 gal bucket into the 3 gal bucket.
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Fill the 5 gal bucket. Pour into the 3 gal bucket until it's full.
4 gallons remain in the 5 gallon bucket.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Here's one way ( there may be others )
(1)
Start with empty 3 and 5 gallon buckets
(2)
Fill the 3 gallon bucket, and empty it
into the 5 gallon bucket
(3)
Fill the 3 gallon bucket again, and fill up
the 5 gallon bucket ( only needs 2 gallons )
(4)
There is 1 gallon left in the 3 gallon bucket
Empty the 5 gallon bucket
Pour in the 1 gallon from the 3 gallon bucket
(5)
Fill the 3 gallon bucket and pour it into
the 5 gallon bucket
(6)
There are now 4 gallons in the 5 gallon bucket
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Check this out carefully. I could have messed it up.
