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Originally Posted by pearlbubbles
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.
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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
Use the 3gal to fill the 5 gal. Repeat. Whatever spills out the 2nd time will be 1 gal.
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I had the right idea, but was lacking in simplifying the logistics. 
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