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What do I do with the water containers?
1 of 7: The clue to this puzzle is in something Holmes says.
2 of 7: Note that he says that the solution is a "balance".
3 of 7: The specifics to this puzzle are not clear, but you will need to place 4 units of water on the balance.
4 of 7: And you'll need to measure out those 4 units with only a 3-unit and a 5-unit bucket.
5 of 7: Note that the 3-unit and 5-unit buckets can be filled as often as possible.
6 of 7: And when you pour water from one bucket to another, the receiving bucket will never overflow, but will simply stop when it is full, leaving any leftover water in the pouring bucket.
7 of 7: You can experiment with the water, pouring it from one bucket to the other to see what happens.
