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Let's say you have a 4 gallon and a 10 gallon pailHow can you measure exactly 2 gallons of water?

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You can fill the 10 gallon pail all the way up. After that, you can pour the water from the 10 gallon pail, into the 4 gallon pail 2 times. That will leave you with 2 gallons in the 10 gallon pail.

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