SOLUTION: Suppose you have a three quart pail and an eight quart pail with no marking on either pail. How can you use these pails to get exactly four quarts of water in the largest pail?

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Question 36373: Suppose you have a three quart pail and an eight quart pail with no marking on either pail. How can you use these pails to get exactly four quarts of water in the largest pail?
Answer by Prithwis(166) About Me  (Show Source):
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Use the following strategy:
Step 1: Fill up 3-qt pail completely and pour it on the 8-qt pail;
Step 2: Repeat Step 1 (8-qt pail now has 6-qt water)
Step 3: Fill up 3-qt pail again and pour in on the 6-qt pail until it fills up completely (8-qt has full 8 quart water and 3-qt has 1 quart water)
Step 4: Empty the 8-qt Pail and Pour the left over water from 3-qt pail to the 8-qt pail (8-qt pail now has 1 quart water);
Step 5: Fill up 3-qt pail completely and pour it on the 8-qt pail to get 4 quart water.