If I have a bucket of water that holds 4 gallons of water and another bucket that holds 7 gallons of water. The buckets have no markings. How can I go to the well and bring back exactly 5 gallons?

Answer:

Fill the 4 gal bucket and empty it into the 7 gal bucket.

Fill the 4 gal bucket and then fill the 7 gal bucket from the 4 gal.

This leaves 1 Gallon in the 4 gallon bucket.

Empty the 7 gallon bucket and pour the gallon from the 4 gal lbucket into it.

Fill the 4 gal bucket and pour it into the 7 gal bucket.

You then have 5 gallons in the 7 gallon bucket.

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