Jugs with Water

You have a 3 liter jug, a 5 liter jug, and an infinite amount of tap water. How can you measure exactly 4 liters of water using the jugs?

Call the 3 liter jug “small” the 5 liter jug “large”.

• Fill the large jug with water.
• Pour 3 liters of water from the large jug into the small jug.
• Empty the small jug with water.
• Pour the remaining 2 liters of water from the large jug into the small jug.
• Fill the large jug with water.
• Pour water from the large jug into the small jug, until the small jug is full.

Now there are exactly 4 liters of water in the large jug.

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