The 2 Pails Puzzle

A farm hand was sent to a nearby pond to fetch 8 gallons of water. He was given two pails - one 11, the other 6 gallons. How can he measure the requested amount of water?

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Relevant pages

• The Three Jugs Problem. Introduction and a story
• 3 Glasses Puzzle
• Water puzzle, experimental math
• Three Glass Puzzle (Graph Theoretical Approach)
• The puzzle in barycentric coordinates
• Two Pails Puzzle
• Plain Gadgets
  • The Three Jugs Problem. An Interactive Gizmo
  • The Three Jugs Problem. Barycentric/trilinear coordinates
  • The 2 Pails Puzzle. An Interactive Gizmo
• 3 Jugs Problem - A Water Doubling Variant
  • Many Jugs to One I
  • Many Jugs to One II
  • Three Jugs - Equal Amounts

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