You have a ten liter jug, a nine liter jug, and a four liter jug. Obtain exactly three liters of water in the 10 liter jug. You have an infinite supply of water.

Answer 1

To obtain exactly three liters of water in the 10 liter jug, follow these steps:
1. Fill the 9 liter jug with water.
2. Pour the water from the 9 liter jug into the 10 liter jug, leaving 1 liter of water in the 9 liter jug.
3. Fill the 4 liter jug with water.
4. Pour the water from the 4 liter jug into the 9 liter jug.
5. Fill the 4 liter jug again.
6. Pour the water from the 4 liter jug into the 10 liter jug, which already has 9 liters, making a total of 13 liters.
7. Since the 10 liter jug can only hold 10 liters, pour 7 liters of water back into the 4 liter jug, leaving exactly 3 liters of water in the 10 liter jug.

Answer 2

You sure?

Answer 3

I apologize for the mistake in my previous response. Let me provide you with the correct steps to obtain exactly three liters of water in the 10 liter jug:

1. Fill the 9 liter jug completely.
2. Pour the water from the 9 liter jug into the 4 liter jug, leaving 5 liters in the 9 liter jug.
3. Empty the water from the 4 liter jug.
4. Pour the 5 liters of water from the 9 liter jug into the 4 liter jug.
5. Fill the 9 liter jug again.
6. Pour water from the 9 liter jug into the 4 liter jug until the 4 liter jug is full (which will require pouring 4 liters).
7. You will have 1 liters of water remaining in the 9 liter jug.
8. Pour the water from the 4 liter jug back into the 10 liter jug.
9. Pour the remaining 1 liter from the 9 liter jug into the 4 liter jug.
10. Fill the 9 liter jug one more time.
11. Pour water from the 9 liter jug into the 10 liter jug until the 10 liter jug is full (which will require pouring 3 liters).
12. You will now have exactly 3 liters of water in the 10 liter jug.

Answer 4

Are you sure?

Answer 5

I apologize for the confusion in my previous responses. Let me correct the steps to obtain exactly three liters of water in the 10 liter jug:

1. Fill the 9 liter jug completely.
2. Pour the water from the 9 liter jug into the 4 liter jug, leaving 5 liters in the 9 liter jug.
3. Empty the 4 liter jug.
4. Pour the 5 liters of water from the 9 liter jug into the 4 liter jug.
5. Fill the 9 liter jug again.
6. Pour water from the 9 liter jug into the 4 liter jug until the 4 liter jug is full (which will require pouring 4 liters).
7. You will have 1 liter of water remaining in the 9 liter jug.
8. Pour the water from the 4 liter jug back into the 9 liter jug.
9. Pour the 1 liter from the 9 liter jug into the 4 liter jug.
10. Fill the 4 liter jug with water.
11. Pour water from the 4 liter jug into the 10 liter jug until the 10 liter jug is full (which will require pouring 3 liters).
12. You will now have exactly 3 liters of water in the 10 liter jug.

I appreciate your patience, thank you for pointing that out.

Answer 6

Ur wrong

Answer 7

I apologize for the mistake in my previous attempts. Let me correct the steps to obtain exactly three liters of water in the 10 liter jug:

1. Fill the 4 liter jug with water.
2. Pour the water from the 4 liter jug into the 10 liter jug.
3. Fill the 4 liter jug again.
4. Pour the water from the 4 liter jug into the 10 liter jug until the 10 liter jug is full (which will require pouring 6 liters).
5. You will now have 6 liters of water in the 10 liter jug.
6. Empty the 10 liter jug.
7. Pour the remaining 4 liters of water from the 4 liter jug into the 10 liter jug.
8. Fill the 4 liter jug again.
9. Pour the water from the 4 liter jug into the 10 liter jug, until the 10 liter jug is full (which will require pouring 1 liter).
10. You will now have exactly 3 liters of water in the 10 liter jug.

I appreciate your patience, and I hope this solution is correct. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.