If you had an infinite supply of water and a 5 quart and 3 quart pail, how woul

If you had an infinite supply of water and a 5 quart and 3
quart pail, how would you measure exactly 4 quarts?

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If you had an infinite supply of water and a 5 quart and 3 quart pail, how would you measure exactl..

Answer / srikanth vinnakota

first fill 3quart pail and pour in 5quart pail.fill again 3
quart pail and fill remaining 2 quarts in 5 quart
pail.hence 1 quart remains in 3quart pail.empty 5quart pail
and pour 1 quart from 3 quart pail. also add another 3
quart from 3 quart pail. hence 1 + 3 quarts = 4 quarts.

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If you had an infinite supply of water and a 5 quart and 3 quart pail, how would you measure exactl..

Answer / vijay

1st fill 5 quart pail, n tranfer to 3 quart pail, now empty
3 quart pile , and pour remaining 2 quarts in 5 quart pail
to 3quart pile. now again fill the 5 quart pail now fill the
3 quart pail to full , thus u will have 4 quarts remaining
in the 5 quart pail.

5 quart pail(A) 3 quart pail(B)
------------- --------------
fill A 5 quarts 0 quarts
A->B 2 quarts 3 quarts
empty B 2 quarts 0 quarts
A->B 0 quarts 2 quarts
fill A 5 quarts 2 quarts
A->B 4 quarts 3 quarts

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If you had an infinite supply of water and a 5 quart and 3 quart pail, how would you measure exactl..

Answer / vijay

1.Fill the 5q and empty into 3q=>2q remains in 5q.
2.Empty 3q and fill it with the remaining 2q water of 5q.=>
A spave of 1q remains in 3q.
3.Now fill 5q and and fill 3q full=>4q water remains in 5q.

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If you had an infinite supply of water and a 5 quart and 3 quart pail, how would you measure exactl..

Answer / prahlad

take new pail
put 5q two times in it
then take out 3q two times from it

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