Question 544358: if you have a 3 cup container and a 5 cup container ,how can you measure exactly 1 cup? Found 2 solutions by bucky, Earlsdon:Answer by bucky(2189) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Start with both cups empty.
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Fill the three cup container. Then pour the contents of the three cup container into the empty five cup container.
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Now you have an empty three cup container and a five cup container that has three cups in it and space to hold two more cups.
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Fill the three cup container again. Pour from the three cup container into the five cup container until the five cup container is full. It will take two of the three cups in the three cup container to fill the five cup container, and you will be left with exactly one cup remaining in the three cup container.
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Hope this helps you to see how to solve this puzzle.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Fill the 3-cup container and empty it into the (empty) 5-cup container.
The 5-cup container now holds 3 cups.
Fill the 3-cup container again and pour enough from the 3-cup container into the 5-cup container to exactly fill the 5-cup container.
You will have poured 2 cups from the full 3-cup container to leave exactly 1 cup.
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