A farmer needs to divide 8 gallons into two equal parts.
He has 2 other containers. A 5 gallon and a 3 gallon. All
our irregularly shaped.

Answer Posted / prashanth kumar d v

Event 8 gallon Container 5 gallon Cont 3 gallon cont
8->3 5 0 3
3->5 5 3 0
8->3 2 3 3
3->5 2 5 1
5->8 7 0 1
3->5 7 1 0
8->3 4 1 3
3->5 4 4 0

We divide 4 Liter in each Gallons

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