smort bee honey

Question

_{You have decided that you want to become chubbee, but not too much.}
_{You will need to eat exactly 10 liters of honey in order to achieve the desired effect.}

The bees produce 10 liters of honey on request, with an additional amount as a gift.
But since bees can only count until 5 they spread the honey over multiple jars.
A 5 liter jar filled with 4, a 5 liter jar filled with 3, and a completely filled 4 liter jar.

The bee queen assures you that you can obtain exactly 10 liter with easy.
How?

Let me get this straight: I want to measure 10 litres, and I have two 5-litre jars I can use? I think the Bee Queen is absolutely correct. — Bass, Mar 18 '21 at 16:23
@bass it was supposed to be 4/4,3/5,4/4. But i messed up somehow. The catch would be that the bees were counting base6 — , Mar 18 '21 at 16:38
Ah, yes, that sometimes happens. I fight that particular problem by (almost) never posting the question on the same day I wrote it down; looking at the puzzle after a good night's sleep pretty much always reveals some possible improvements, and sometimes even outright bugs like this. Even though answering on PSE is always a bit of a race against time, asking is different: nobody is going to post my puzzle if I delay it by a day or two. — Bass, Mar 18 '21 at 20:35

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 18 '21 at 11:45

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Assume that 4/5 jar is A, 3/5 jar is B and 4/4 jar is C.
First, Get all of the honey in C.
4 liter.
Then, pour honey of B so that A is full.
Then, B is 2 liter.
Get all of the honey in B.
6 liter.
Then, pour honey of A so that C is full.
Then C is 4 liter.
Get all of the honey in C.
10 liter.

answered Mar 18 '21 at 11:45

Sato Takeru

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I poured all honey of C to other jar. – Sato Takeru Mar 18 '21 at 11:49
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Thank you. How about this. I will pour honey of C so that A and B are both full. Then You can get By A and B. – Sato Takeru Mar 18 '21 at 11:50
your right, but i messed up the original and did the nubers wrong. Sorry – Mar 18 '21 at 11:57

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 19 '21 at 03:15

Even the puzzle as intended according to comments (A = 4/4, B = 3/5, C = 4/4) seems trivial:

Pour honey from A into B until B is full (A = 2/4, B = 5/5, C = 4/4)
Eat all the honey in B (A = 2/4, B = 0/5, C = 4/4)
Pour all honey from A into B (A = 0/4, B = 2/5, C = 4/4)
Pour honey from C into B until B is full (A = 0/4, B = 5/5, C = 1/4)
Eat all the honey in B (A = 0/4, B = 0/5, C = 1/4)

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