NEW MEASURING PUZZLE

Here is a new poser in measuring liquids that will be found interesting. A man has two ten-quart vessels full of wine, and a five-quart and a four-quart measure. He wants to put exactly three quarts into each of the two measures. How is he to do it? And how many manipulations (pourings from one vessel to another) do you require? Of course, waste of wine, tilting, and other tricks are not allowed.

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Algebra -> Word Problems Combinatorics -> Case Analysis / Checking Cases -> Processes / Procedures
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