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Make it 50-50 in Two!

You have three jugs:

A 10-liter jug, filled with water
A 7-liter jug, empty
A 3-liter jug, empty

Your objective is to end up having 5 liters of water in the 10-liter jug, and 5 liters of water in the 7-liter jug.

Note that you have nothing else at your disposal other than these three jugs and that you cannot perform measurements by eye or based on the shape of the jugs.




THIS is how it can be done! 

Making it 50-50 in Two!


What was the challenge?

Let us label the 10-liter jug as A, the 7-liters jug as B, and the 3-liters jug as C.

 
STEPS : 

1]  Pour Jug A into Jug C.      A : 7    B : 0    C : 3
 

2]  Pour Jug C into Jug B.      A : 7    B : 3    C : 0

3]  Pour Jug A into Jug C.      A : 4    B : 3    C : 3

4]  Pour Jug C into Jug B.      A : 4    B : 6    C : 0

5]  Pour Jug A into Jug C.      A : 1    B : 6    C : 3

6]  Pour Jug C into Jug B.      A : 1    B : 7    C : 2

7]  Pour Jug B into Jug A.      A : 8    B : 0    C : 2

8]  Pour Jug C into Jug B.
      A : 8    B : 2    C : 0

9]  Pour Jug A into Jug C.     
A : 5    B : 2    C : 3

10] Pour Jug C into Jug B.
     A : 5    B : 5    C : 0

Task Completed.

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