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A can of Juice was 80% full.80% of the contents were emptied into a glass and 84 ml juice was added to the Can . then the can became full to the brim. what is the Capacity of the can?
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- answer should be 100 ml.
- 8 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(2)
- stage 1: 80% of x is in the can: 0.8x
stage 2: 80% of the content is emptied: 0.8x−(0.8x)0.8
stage 3: 84 ml is added back to the can 0.8x−(0.8x)0.8+84
final: can is full x overall
0.8x−(0.8x)0.8+84=x
0.8x-0.64x+84=x
0.16x+84=x
.84x=84
x=84/.84
x=100 - 7 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(0)
- Yes its 100 but how ?
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