Question: Someone please explain the Die Hard 3 jug riddle? Ok, McClaine and Zeus have a 3 gallon jug and a 5 gallon jug, and need 4 gallons. Can anyone explain how they actually get that 4 gallons?\n\nI'm just dumb like that!

Answer: Yes M has the 3 gallon jug , and Z the 5 gallon jug:\n\nM fills his jug up and pours it into Zs, so Z has 3 in his jug.\nM fills his jug up again, and then fills Zs jug up, but this leaves 1 gallon in Ms jug since it only takes 2 more to fill up Zs jug. Now Z dumps his jug, and M puts the gallon he has into Zs jug, so Z has a gallon in his jug. Then M fills his jug up again and pours it into Zs, so Z now has 1+3 =4 gallons in his jug.\n Now they celebrate: M gets a gallon of pure alcohol and pours it into Zs jug so they have 5 gallons of hooch, and then they make some calls and have a party. End of story
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