SOLUTION: Two hikers come to a fork in the trail and want to take different paths. They need to divide their water supply evenly. The water completely fills an 8-liter jug with no markings o

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Question 787850: Two hikers come to a fork in the trail and want to take different paths. They need to divide their water supply evenly. The water completely fills an 8-liter jug with no markings on it. They also have two empty, smaller unmarked jugs—one holds 5 liters and the other holds 3. How can they divide the water evenly so each one has exactly 4 liters for the rest of the hike?
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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                                 Capacities
                                 8L    5L    3L
Step                             Quantities
At start                         8     0     0
Fill 3L bucket from 8L bucket    5     0     3
Empty 3L bucket into 5L bucket   5     3     0       
Fill 3L bucket from 8L bucket    2     3     3       
Fill 5L bucket from 3L bucket    2     5     1       
Empty 5L bucket into 8L bucket   7     0     1       
Empty 3L bucket into 5L bucket   7     1     0       
Fill 3L bucket from 8L bucket    4     1     3
Empty 3L bucket into 5L bucket   4     4     0
Done


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