Barney & Clyde by Gene Weingarten; Dan Weingarten & David Clark for September 25, 2012

Cynthia is correct. Lay the full bottles on their (equal) sides, they will drain to half their volume 3/2= 1.5, 5/2=2.5. Pour 1.5 into 2.5 get 4.0.

“How do you know when they’re half full”, because the other half is empty, fool. ;)

This is why I hated high school. A few good dedicated educators amongst a sea of desperate people on the public dole.

When you get the college level it becomes drama: "MUST ACQUIRE SINECURE by kissing (oops) (re)working you’re Prof’s favorite junk.

As a consultant: find those graduates in miserable conditions, hire them.

Am I the only student in this class? Pick someone else please!

You fill up the 5 gallon jug and pour it into the 3 gallon jug – then you’re left with 2 gallons. Put those 2 gallons to the side and repeat. Then you make a ton of iced tea and drink! :)

No, David, she’s not. The proper method is this- fill the 5G, pour into 3G, leaving 2G in big jug. Pour out 3G, and put the 2G from big jug into smaller jug, then refill 5G and then fill 3G jug and the big jug will have 4G left.

Fill the 5 gallon jug full. Throw the contents into the air. Alter the space/time continuum so that one gallon transits to the sixth dimension. Cause the remaining four gallons to re-enter the jug. Q.E.D.!

… and this is why adults still have nightmares about high school algebra!

Half of 5 is 2.5, half of 3 is 1.5 so…. 2.5 + 1.5=4 love her rebuttal to the teacher

fill the five.poor it onto the three.dump the three.poor the remaining two gallons into the three gallon jug.refill the five.top the three off out of the five.four gallons are left in the five gallon jug.