How did you get 2?
Fill the 7-gallon, fill the 5-gallon from the 7-gallon, what remains is 2.
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Emily - Sep 19, 2005 7:02:20 pm PDT #9078 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Emily - Sep 19, 2005 7:05:49 pm PDT #9079 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Excellent! Thank you, Sean. Following that pattern, it just takes a couple extra steps.
Emily - Sep 19, 2005 7:08:47 pm PDT #9080 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Unfortunately, I was supposed to be solving that problem by working backward, so having found the solution I now have to figure out how I would have gotten it the other way.
Strega - Sep 19, 2005 7:16:40 pm PDT #9081 of 10002
...Where did the 7-gallon container come from?
I feel very Jack Bauer. You aren't telling us everything! Who are you working for?
Allyson, who is doing the show? Part of my curiosity is because a friend of mine works for a teeny little production company, or did, and it sounds like something they'd do. Although I don't know why I think that.
billytea - Sep 19, 2005 7:18:01 pm PDT #9082 of 10002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Fill the 7-gallon, fill the 5-gallon from the 7-gallon, what remains is 2.
Ah. You'd said a 5-gallon and a 10-gallon before. Your 4-gallon is pretty easy with a 5 and 7. Get your 2-gallon as above, then pour it into the (emptied) 5-gallon. Fill the 7-gallon again, and fill the 5-gallon the rest of the way (another 3 gallons). You'll have 4 gallons left in the 7 gallon.
Emily - Sep 19, 2005 7:20:48 pm PDT #9083 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
You'd said a 5-gallon and a 10-gallon before.
Did I? Sorry. Also, I was looking for 1 gallon, not 4. It's all set now, except for the working backwards part.
Burrell - Sep 19, 2005 7:23:11 pm PDT #9084 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
The Allyson N Kristen show! I'd watch!
If memory serves me right, it was a very popular series back on WX before it got cancelled.
Kristen - Sep 19, 2005 7:23:25 pm PDT #9085 of 10002
I feel very Jack Bauer. You aren't telling us everything! Who are you working for?
HA! Yes, I too was wondering where the 7 gallon bucket came from.
If memory serves me right, it was a very popular series back on WX before it got cancelled.
Allyson left me for a better deal with some other production company.
Emily - Sep 19, 2005 7:26:12 pm PDT #9086 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Do you have a one quart saucepan or pitcher. Fill that up four times.
You guys are all about the thinking outside the box, though, and I value that.
billytea - Sep 19, 2005 7:27:25 pm PDT #9087 of 10002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Did I? Sorry. Also, I was looking for 1 gallon, not 4. It's all set now, except for the working backwards part.
Oh, ok. then you fill the 5-gallon three times, and keep emptying it into the 7-gallon.