Before you is a 3-quart container, a 5-quart container and a sink full of water. There are no markin

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    Before you is a 3-quart container, a 5-quart container and a sink full of water. There are no markings on either container to show how many quarts are in each one. All you know is that when the 3-quart container is full, it contains three quarts. You also know that when the 5-quart container is full, it contains five quarts. Your task is to place exactly four quarts in the 5-quart container. How would you accomplish this task?

    1. Fill the 3-quart container and pour it into the 5-quart container
    2. Fill the 3-quart container and pour as much as you can (2 quarts) into the 5-quart container. This will leave one quart left.
    3. Empty the 5-quart container and pour the one quart into the 5-quart
    4. Fill the 3-quart and pour it into the 5-quart. Now there are 4 quarts in the 5-quart container.
    Note: This is the Die Hard 3 movie problem
     

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