A man with a seven gallon bucket and a four gallon bucket goes to a well to get exactly five gallons of water. He has no contain

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A man with a seven gallon bucket and a four gallon bucket goes to a well to get exactly five gallons of water. He has no contain

er other than the buckets. How can he do it?

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zysi [14] · Answer 1 · 2023-02-28T21:47:58+03:00

This I think could be technically answered in a couple of ways. Fill the 4 gallon bucket up and then fill the 7 gallon bucket up 1/7 of the way. Or fill the 4 gallon bucket up and transfer to the 7 gallon bucket and fill the 4 gallon bucket up 1/4 of the way. Either way the 1/4 or the 1/7 will be a close estimate to get your 5 gallon bucket. I hope this helps.