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Sharing Wine

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Two friends have 8 pints of wine to share equally between them without any other means than three containers: one holds 8 pints, another holds 5 pints, and the last holds 3 pints. How can they divide the wine equally?

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Commit an attempt to unseal the proof. Write your answer — right or wrong, thinking it through is the point.

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