Puzzle: The Jug Puzzle

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You have a five quart jug and a three quart jug, and an unlimited supply of water (but no measuring cups)  How would you come up with exactly four quarts of water? NOTE: The jugs are oddly shaped, such that filling up exactly "half" of the jug would be impossible
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Rajat Kumar Rajat Kumar   11 years ago

Step 1: fill 3 quart jug & pour the water from it to the 5 quart jug
step 2: Again fill 3 quart jug & pour the water from it to the 5 quart jug which is partially filled with 3 quart(i.e we have 1 quart left in 3 quart jug. )
step 3: Empty the 5 quart jug and pour the left 1 quart that was left in jug of 3 quart capacity into the empty 5 Quart jug.
step4: fill 3 quart jug again and pour the water into 5 quart jug.(1+3=4)

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