can someone solve this riddle?

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okay you have a 5 gallon container and a 3 gallon container then you have a big container and your trying to get 4 gallons in how do you do it if the big container has no measurements?
yea my brotehrs like im going to get mad if you dont get this soo i just wanna get it over with he`s like 22 and im 15 lol
 
fill the 5 gallon container
fill the 3 gallon container
pour both into the big container (giving you 8 gallons)

now you have 4 gallons x2! hahaha i know this is wrong but whatever
 
This was in Die Hard with the Vengeance. The movie from the 90's, with Bruce's Willis and Samuel Jackson.

Watch it and that's hows its done : ) : ) : )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ64IR2bz5o&feature=related
 
pour 5 gallons into the big container

then refill the 5 gallon container and pour it in again so there are 10 gallons in it

then pour the big container into the three gallon one so there are 7 gallons left

then do that again so there are 4 gallons left


you can also pour the three gallons into the big one, then refill the three gallon container and pour it into the big container again so there are 6 gallons in it
then you can pour in three more gallons so there are 9 gallons in it

then pour the big container into the 5 gallon container untill the 5 gallon container is full and there are four gallons left in the big container
 
fill the 3 gallon container with water
pour the 3 gallons into the 5 gallon container,
then refill the 3 gallon container and pour the water into the 5 gallon container, but you will have 1 extra gallon leftover in the 3 gallon container.
empty the 5 gallon container
next put the 1 gallon water from the 3 gallon into the 5 gallon
refill the 3 gallon container and empty into the 5 gallon
- now there are exactly 4 gallons in the 5 gallon container
 
Fill the 3 gallon container full. Empty it into the 5 gallon container. Fill the 3 gallon container again. Empty what you can into the 5 gallon container. You now have the 5 gallon container full and 1 gallon left in the 3 gallon container. Empty the 1 gallon from the 3 gallon container into the big container. Then fill the 3 gallon container full and empty that into the big container. You now have 4 gallons in the big container.
 
ive heard this before but forgot the answer...

i know it may have to do with freezing some of the water...
 
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