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(Message started by: prendergast on Dec 9^th, 2011, 7:19pm)

Title: 2 bottles and a bucket
Post by prendergast on Dec 9^th, 2011, 7:19pm

Double Riddle:

1)
You have a 3 gallon bottle filled with water and a 5 gallon bottle filled with water. You need exactly 4 gallons in the bucket. How do you accomplish this?

2)
What movie is this from?

Title: Re: 2 bottles and a bucket
Post by towr on Dec 10^th, 2011, 4:16am

There's a lot of ways to do it. [hide]One way to do it: pour the water from the 3 gallons bottle into the bucket, then fill that bottle from the 5 gallon bottle, throwing out the 2 gallons left. Then fill the 5 gallon bottle again from the 3 gallon bottle and top it off from the bucket. Fill up the 3 gallon bottle from the 5 gallon bottle again, and then add those 3 gallons to the bucket, which then contains 4 gallons.[/hide]

Title: Re: 2 bottles and a bucket
Post by prendergast on Dec 10^th, 2011, 12:15pm

Do you know what movie this was used to diffuse a bomb. That was a hint.

Title: Re: 2 bottles and a bucket
Post by prendergast on Dec 23^rd, 2011, 10:06pm

The answer is

http://youtu.be/xfQxZTtbCTg

Title: Keith Gilabert, "2 bottles and a bucket
Post by keithgilabert on May 22^nd, 2012, 9:51pm

Answer to #2 is Die Hard 3.

Great riddle!!

Thanks,

Keith Gilabert

Title: Re: 2 bottles and a bucket
Post by Ela on Jul 17^th, 2012, 2:06am

That riddle was so old.
i think it was used in on of
the 'die hard' films, I remember
something with Mel Gibson and Danny Glover

Title: Re: 2 bottles and a bucket
Post by littlemisschic on Jul 26^th, 2012, 7:48pm

on 12/09/11 at 19:19:59, prendergast wrote:

I don't know what movie it is from.... but it does sound familiar

I think you:
empty the five gallons into the bucket
empty the 3 gallons in the 5g bottle
collect 3 g from the bucket leaving 2gallons in the bucket!
empty the 2g into the 5 g bottle which would be full
pour out the last 1g
empty 5g bottle into the 3g bottle and put the left over 2g into the bucket

This leaves 4gallons in the bucket!
3gallons in the 3gallon bottle
0gallons in the 5gallon bottle
and unfortunately 1 gallon wasted in the bin!

Title: Re: 2 bottles and a bucket
Post by marlonmark on Jan 2^nd, 2013, 2:52am

1. One way to do it: pour the water from the 3 gallons bottle into the bucket, then fill that bottle from the 5 gallon bottle, throwing out the 2 gallons left. Then fill the 5 gallon bottle again from the 3 gallon bottle and top it off from the bucket. Fill up the 3 gallon bottle from the 5 gallon bottle again, which will add only 1 liter to it and then add those 3 gallons to the bucket, which then contains 4 gallons.

2. Die Hard

Title: Re: 2 bottles and a bucket
Post by Rosiethomas on Jul 1^st, 2013, 3:54am

fill 3 ltr bucket pour it into 5 one. fill 3 again and pour it into 5. you will be left with 1 ltr in 3 and 5 ltr in 5. empty 5 ltr can. pour that 1 ltr into 5. fill 3 ltr again and pour it into 5 ltr bucket.

Title: Re: 2 bottles and a bucket
Post by Nursejim on Sep 20^th, 2013, 6:02pm

In the movie this was done in a fountain with basically unlimited water supply. This bomb was to deactivated by placing the bottle on a hotwired scale. They had to do it with no extra bucket.

You simply pour 3 gallons into empty 5 gallon container, refill 3 gallon and pour into the 5 up to brim thus leaving 1 gallon in the three gallon container. Done and doner.

The movie is Die hHard With A Vengeance. ;D

Title: Re: 2 bottles and a bucket
Post by Annettagiles on Sep 30^th, 2014, 4:26am

Just mixing both 3 and 5 gallons in the 8 gallons bottle and pour the half from it.

Title: Re: 2 bottles and a bucket
Post by towr on Sep 30^th, 2014, 8:50am

on 09/30/14 at 04:26:32, Annettagiles wrote:

Just mixing both 3 and 5 gallons in the 8 gallons bottle and pour the half from it.

What 8 gallon bottle? And how would you know you'd poured half out?

Title: Re: 2 bottles and a bucket
Post by Annettagiles on Oct 6^th, 2014, 4:56am

Sorry I can't find from which movie this question have been asked

Title: Re: 2 bottles and a bucket
Post by Lupin on Oct 6^th, 2014, 6:49pm

Bottles, jugs, buckets ...

If we begin with a full 5-gallon bottle and a full 3-gallon bottle and an empty bucket (capable of holding at least 8 gallons of water) then
(1) empty the 3-gallon bottle into bucket
(2) fill 3-gallon bottle from the 5-gallon bottle (now the 5-gallon bottle contains 2 gallons of water)
(3) empty the 3-gallon bottle into bucket and pour the two gallons remaining in 5-gallon bottle into 3-gallon bottle.
(4) Fill the 5-gallon bottle from the bucket.
(5) The 3-gallon bottle now has two gallons of water
(6) Pour water from the 5-gallon bottle into the 3-gallon bottle until full.
(7) Now 5- gallon bottle is left with 4 gallons of water.

You do realize that five gallons of waters weigh about 41.5 pounds ... tough job pouring water from one bottle into the other without spilling a few drops ... have you ever had to replace the office water cooler bottle?

Title: Re: 2 bottles and a bucket
Post by Grimbal on Oct 9^th, 2014, 12:59am

As I have explained somewhere else, there is a generic algorith for 2 containers, A and B and a reserve/supply of water:

1. if A is emtpy, fill A
2. if B is full, empty B
3. else transfer from A to B

This gives 2 solutions depending on which of A and B is the largest.

If A is 5 and B is 3
[rule] A / B / reserve:
[0] 5 / 3 / 0
[2] 5 / 0 / 3
[3] 2 / 3 / 3
[2] 2 / 0 / 6
[3] 0 / 2 / 6
[1] 5 / 2 / 1
[3] 4 / 3 / 1
[2] 4 / 0 / 4

If A is 3 and B is 5
[0] 3 / 5 / 0
[2] 3 / 0 / 5
[3] 0 / 3 / 5
[1] 3 / 3 / 2
[3] 1 / 5 / 2
[2] 1 / 0 / 7
[3] 0 / 1 / 7
[1] 3 / 1 / 4
[3] 0 / 4 / 4