Marcia's bucket can hold a maximum of how many liters of water?
(1) the bucket currently contains 9 liters of water
(2) if 3 liters of water are added to the bucket when it is half full of water, the amount of water in the bucket will increase by 1/3
==> how do you solve for 2?
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jayhawk2001
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Let x be the total capacity of the bucket.jamesk486 wrote:Marcia's bucket can hold a maximum of how many liters of water?
(1) the bucket currently contains 9 liters of water
(2) if 3 liters of water are added to the bucket when it is half full of water, the amount of water in the bucket will increase by 1/3
==> how do you solve for 2?
1 - insufficient, for obvious reasons. Missing data.
2 - sufficient. x/2+3 is the volume of water when 3 liters are added
when the bucket is half full.
x/2 + 3 = x/2 * 4/3
We can hence solve for x.
Hence B
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Marcia's bucket can hold a maximum of how many liters of water?
(1) the bucket currently contains 9 liters of water
(2) if 3 liters of water are added to the bucket when it is half full of water, the amount of water in the bucket will increase by 1/3
A: insufficient
B: 3+x/2 = x/2+x/6
Hence it should be B
(1) the bucket currently contains 9 liters of water
(2) if 3 liters of water are added to the bucket when it is half full of water, the amount of water in the bucket will increase by 1/3
A: insufficient
B: 3+x/2 = x/2+x/6
Hence it should be B
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jayhawk2001 wrote:Could you please explain from where 4/3 comes? Thank you.jamesk486 wrote:
2 - sufficient. x/2+3 is the volume of water when 3 liters are added
when the bucket is half full.
x/2 + 3 = x/2 * 4/3
We can hence solve for x.
Hence B
