you have a 3gal pal and a 5gal pal how do you get 4gal?

Question

no mesure ments filled with water you can get more water if needed i need the full answer

Answer 1

Fill the 5 gallon and pour it into the 3. Now you have a full 3 gallon and 2 gallons left in the 5.

Empty the 3 gallon and pour the 2 gallons from the 5 into the 3 gallon. Now you have 2 gallons in the 3 and an empty 5.

Fill the 5 gallon and fill the rest of the 3 gallon. That will leave four gallons in the 5 gallon bucket.

OR

Fill the the 3 gallon bucket and pour it into the 5 gallon - Now you have 3 gallons in the 5 and the 3 is empty.

Refill the 3 gallon bucket and fill the rest of the 5 gallon bucket. Now you have 5 gallons in the 5 and 1 gallon left in the 3 gallon.

Empty the 5 gallon bucket (You can't do this trick without discarding some water at some point). Now you have 1 gallon in the 3 gallon bucket and none in the 5.

Pour the one gallon in the 5. Now you have an empty 3 gallon and 1 gallon of water in the 5 gallon bucket.

Fill the 3 gallon bucket and pour it into the 5. Now you have 4 gallons in the 5 gallon bucket.

Answer 2

Fill the 5gal pail.
Pour out three gallons into the 3gal pail.
There will be two gallons remaining in the 5gal pail.
Empty the 3gal pail
Pour the remaining water from the 5gal pail into the 3gal pail
Fill the 5gal pail.
Pour water from the 5gal pail into the 3gal pail.
There is already two gallons in the 3gal pail, so after filling the 3gal pail, the 5gal pail will have four gallons remaining.

Answer 3

First you should tell your pals to go get you a couple of pails.