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3 gallon 5 gallon jug riddle.

This classic riddle made famous in die hard 3. Dump out the 3 gallons. How do you fill 4 gallons of water into the five gallon jug. Solve the puzzle by only filling the. Hard brain teasers movie riddles. Get the answer and browse the highest rated challenging riddles that will really twist your brain.

Fill 5 gallon jug with water pour over the 5 gallon jug into 3 gallon jug throw away the water in 3 gallon jug now there s 2 gallon of water in 5 gallon jug. Mcclane and zeus have a 5 gallon. You need to get 4 gallons. Second you dump some of the 5 gallon jug s water into the 3 gallon jug so the 3 gallon jug is completly full. Mcclane and zeus find another bomb in central park and to disarm it they need to solve simon s riddle. Now you have 2 gallons of water held in the 5 gallon jug.

The problem is you only have a 5 gallon 18 9 l jug and a 3 gallons 11 l jug on hand. Flag as inappropriate flag as inappropriate 2. Enter the code above. Simply pour over your three gallons into the 5 jug which only had 1 gallon 3 8 l in it previously. Transfer remaining water in 5 gallon jug to 3 gallon jug fill the 5 gallon jug again with water pour the water from 5 gallon jug to 3 gallon jug until it s full. You have no means of measuring how many gallons are in each bucket except knowing the bucket capacity.

You have a 5 gallon bucket a 3 gallon bucket and a hose to fill them up. You now have 3 gallons 11 4 l in the 3 jug and 1 in the 5 jug. How can you be certain that you have 4 gallons. Since the 3 gallon jug already had 2 gallons of water there is room for just 1 gallon. Want to see the obvious answer. Empty the contents of the 5 gallon jug then pour the 1 gallon of water from the 3 gallon jug into the 5 gallon jug.

You have unlimited supply of water. You have two jugs. You ve got to defuse a bomb by placing exactly 4 gallons 15 l of water on a sensor. Fill the 3 gallon jug then add those 3 gallons to the 1 gallon already in the 5 gallon jug for a total of 4 gallons. Fill up the 5 gallon bottle and pour it into the 3 gallon bottle. 7 transfer the 3 gallons 11 4 l of water into the 5 jug to end up with 4 gallons 15 1 l.

First you dump out the 3 gallon jug. Transfer water from the 5 gallon jug until the 3 gallon jug is full. Empty the 3. Pour the contents of the 3 gallon jug into the 5 gallon jug until it is full leaving 1 gallon of water in the 3 gallon jug. Fill the 3 gal one more time and empty it into the 5 gal creating only 4 galons of water. One holds exactly 3 gallons and the other 5 gallons of water.

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