Yesterday, my life's like, 'Uh-oh, pop quiz!' Today it's like, 'rain of toads.'

Xander ,'Beneath You'


Natter .38 Special  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


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.


Burrell - Sep 19, 2005 7:29:25 pm PDT #9088 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I'm so tired, I can't really follow the math talk. I just keep picturing Mickey Mouse emptying buckets of water into the big cauldron.


Emily - Sep 19, 2005 7:31:17 pm PDT #9089 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

then you fill the 5-gallon three times, and keep emptying it into the 7-gallon.

Huh?


billytea - Sep 19, 2005 7:37:54 pm PDT #9090 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.

Huh?

Fill 5-g. Empty into 7-g. Fill 5-g again. Fill 7-g from 5-g (takes 2 g), empty 7-g. Pour remaining 3 g from 5-g into 7-g. Fill 5-g again, fill 7-g with 4 g, you're left with 1 g.

General rule: if you need x gallons, find multiples of your two jugs' capacities that are x apart. So for 1 gallon, 3*5 gallons is 15 gallons, and 2*7 gallons is 14 gallons. The difference is your 1 gallon. So three refills of the 5-gallon jug lets you fill the 7-gallon jug twice, and have 1 gallon left over.