800guy wrote:Four cups of milk are to be poured into a 2-cup bottle and a 4-cup bottle. If each bottle is to be filled to the same fraction of its capacity, how many cups of milk should be poured into the 4-cup bottle?
A. 2/3
B. 7/3
C.5/2
D. 8/3
E. 3
from diff math doc, oa coming when some people answer with explanations.
The 4-cup container is twice the size of the 2-cup container, so the 4-cup container must be given twice the amount of milk.
Thus, the ratio of the amounts for the two containers = 2:1.
Since 2+1=3, out of every 3 cups, 2 must be given to the 4-cup container.
Thus, the 4-cup container must be given 2/3 of the total amount.
(2/3)*4 = 8/3.
The correct answer is
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