Question

You have a 3-gallon and a 5-gallon jug that you can fill from a fountain of water. The problem is to fill one of the jugs with exactly 4 gallons of water. How do you do it?

Answer 1

Answer:

See below

Step-by-step explanation:

Fill the 5   and pour into the 3    ....this will leave 2 gal in the 5 bucket

  empty the 3 bucket and put that 2 gallon in to it.....

      then fill the 5 bucket again......pour 1 gallon into the 3 gallon bucket to fill it....then there will be 4 gallons left in the 5 bucket