embayeh embayeh

04-01-2015
Mathematics

Answered

The volume of a liquid is x liters. When five-eighths of the liquid are poured into a container, the container is two-thirds full. What is the volume of the container?

Verified Answer :

kuromimi123 kuromimi123

04-01-2015

Let x=number of liters
Let c=container

Equation: 5/8 x = 2/3 c
Multiply both sides by 3/2--- c = (5/8x) x (3/2)
c = 15/16 x
The volume of the container is 15/16 liters.
Hope this helps!!

Answer Link

Related Questions

Liz had attended class everyday since she started school as a kindergartner she said she had been in school for about 1000 days what numbers could be the actual

At the end of the poem the author feels respectful defeated grateful

I am a polygon in which all sides are congruent and all angles are congruent

Simplify without parentheses 4v3w2 Explain

explain barbados culture and diversity

The ratio of the number of adults to students at the prom has to be 110 If there are 477 more students than adults how many adults have to attend

2 Vega is a star that is about 2505 ly away from Earth The star has an apparent magnitude m of 00305 Calculate Vegas absolute magnitude

what is 13 inches of snow in 5 hours

Tall trees cant grow well in prairieswhy

help plz What does the mountain hermit do with the tigers whisker A He burns it in his fireplace B He braids it into Yun Oks hair C He steals it from Yun Ok D H