ply Polya’s Strategy to solve the following problem. 1. In the movie Die Hard: With a Vengeance, Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson are given a 5-gallon jug and a 3-gallon jug and they must put exactly 4 gallons of water on a scale to keep a bomb from exploding. Explain how they could accomplish this feat. Answer: 2. How many children are there in a family wherein each girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each boy has twice as many sisters as brothers? Answer:

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