'The Message'
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
then you fill the 5-gallon three times, and keep emptying it into the 7-gallon.
Huh?
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.
Ooh, a system. I like those. Although the way I did it was a bit different, and probably wasteful.
Ooh, a system. I like those. Although the way I did it was a bit different, and probably wasteful.
Unlike pouring out 14 gallons of water to get 1 gallon. Geez, invest in some other measuring jugs, people!
What BT said.
Emily, whatever answer they were looking for, if they want you to figure out how to get a single gallon with the 5 and 7 galoon jugs, your answer should be -- "I go to the nearest convenience store and buy a GALLON OF WATER."
PS: 'gallon' now looks thoroughly strange to me. Like it was foisted on us by aliens. Imperial stormtroopers, obviously. t /metric humour