Post #94438

Author: Darth Simon
Parent topic: Riddles
Link to post in topic: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/94438/action/topic#94438
Date created: 24-Feb-2005, 10:52 AM

correct on all accounts

you can actually do this in 'reverse' too

fill the 3 gallon and pour it into the 5 gallon
fill the 3 gallon again and fill the 5 gallon, you now have one gallon left in the 3 gallon
empty the 5 gallon and pour the remaining 1 gallon from the 3 gallon into the 5 gallon
fill the 3 gallon again and pour it into the 5 gallon
there is now 4 gallons in the 5 gallon

though i think this way is a bit more complicated (ie more steps)

next riddle is yours