SOLUTION: How can you obtain the desired gallons of water? Bucket A can hold 5 gallons, B can hold 9 gallons, and you want to have exactly 1 gallon of water.

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Question 491824: How can you obtain the desired gallons of water?

Bucket A can hold 5 gallons, B can hold 9 gallons, and you want to have exactly 1 gallon of water.
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Fill A, pour it into B
Fill A again, pour it into B until B is full
A has 1 gallon left