Fill a 3 liter container with water and pour it into a 5 liter container;
Fill a 3-liter container with water and pour it into a 5-liter container. At this time, the 5-liter container is filled, leaving 65,438+0 liters of water in the 3-liter container;
Empty the 5-liter container and pour 1 liter water from the 3-liter container into the 5-liter container;
Fill a 3-liter container with water and pour it into a 5-liter container. At this time, there is 1+3=4 liters of water in the 5-liter container.
The formula is: 3+3-5+3=4.