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Originally Posted by AGDee
You have a barrel of oil, and you need to measure out just one gallon. How do you do this if you only have a three-gallon container and a five-gallon container?
This is the one he's struggling with right now on FB.
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Don't you fill the three gallon container up twice (for a total of six gallons)? Each time you fill it up, you pour it into the five gallon container. Since it can only hold five gallons, you're left with one gallon in the three gallon container.