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.
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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.
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
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.
Emily - Sep 19, 2005 7:43:53 pm PDT #9091 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Ooh, a system. I like those. Although the way I did it was a bit different, and probably wasteful.
billytea - Sep 19, 2005 7:46:01 pm PDT #9092 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.
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!
Sean K - Sep 19, 2005 8:05:46 pm PDT #9093 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
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."
billytea - Sep 19, 2005 8:17:14 pm PDT #9094 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.
PS: 'gallon' now looks thoroughly strange to me. Like it was foisted on us by aliens. Imperial stormtroopers, obviously. t /metric humour
Nilly - Sep 19, 2005 8:28:45 pm PDT #9095 of 10002
Swouncing
Skipping lots and poking head while it's still the 19th on b.org time to apologize for not having any computer access at all yesterday, so failing to post that, according to the Buffista Calendar, the 19th was a double Buffista event, with both lori's birthday and PMM and her DH's anniversary. Belated wishes for a great year for them all!
Oh, and today (for me, already, anyway), is Sue's birthday, so lots of wishes for her!