Thread: Which 'Die Hard' film is the best?
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Old 04-12-2004, 07:09 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by Smitty
  • Take the 5 gallon bottle and fill it all the way.
  • Pour water from the 5 gallon bottle into the 3 gallon bottle and fill it all the way to the top, leaving 2 gallons left in your 5 gallon bottle
  • Dump out all of the water in the 3 gallon bottle
  • Take the 2 gallons in your 5 gallon bottle and pour it into the 3 gallon bottle
  • Now fill your 5 gallon bottle completely again.
  • Take pour as much water as you can into the 3 gallon bottle (which has 2 gallons in it) and fill it completely.
  • After filling that 1 gallon left of space in the 3 gallon bottle, you should have exactly 4 gallons in your 5 gallon bottle
Your a genius. I kept watching that part over and over again earlier, even with the subtitles on, and I still didn't understand all of it. just everything after when the 3 gallon bottle has 2 gallons in it.

Did you understand it at the time, or work it out yourself afterwards?
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