Q. The number of times a bucket of capacity 4 litres to be used to fill up a tank is less than the number of times another bucket of capacity 3 litres used for the same purpose by 4. What is the capacity of the tank?
Option
(a) 360 litres
(b) 256 litres
(c) 48 litres
(d) 525 litres

• ans: 48litres
  let the capacity of the tank be x
  no.of times a bucket of capacity 4 liters :x/4
  for 3 liters: x/3
  x/3-x/4=4
  x=48
• 10 years agoHelpfull: Yes(31) No(1)
• such a simple question just divide the given options by 4 &5 and seewhen the difference comes out to be 4.
  48/4=12 and 48/3=16.
  16-12=4hence ans is 48.
• 10 years agoHelpfull: Yes(12) No(1)
• 3 litres n times
  4 litres n-4 times
  then capacity of the tank = no.of times * capacity of the bucket
  3n = 4*(n-4)
  n = 16
  capacity of the bucket = 3n = 3*16 = 48
• 10 years agoHelpfull: Yes(6) No(1)
• Let Assume that the capacity of the tank is X litres.
  Number of times the 4 litres bucket is used to fill the tank is X/4.
  Number of times the 3 litres bucket is used to fill the tank is X/3.
  X/4 -X/3=4
  After solving the equation X will be 48.
  Tank capacity is 48 Litres.
• 10 years agoHelpfull: Yes(3) No(0)
• 4(x-4)=3x
  4x-16=3x
  x=16
  so 3*16=48
  4*(16-4)=48
• 10 years agoHelpfull: Yes(2) No(1)
• 48liters.
  Take no.of times used by 3lits bucket is n.so 4lits bucket is n-4.
  then 4(n-4)=3n
  n=16.So tank capacity is 3n=3*16=48.
• 9 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
• let capacity of old bucket be X
  
  no of times bucket(4 litres) takes X/4
  
  " "bucket(3 litres) takes X/3
  
  their difference is 4
  
  
  x/3 -x/4 = 4
  
  x = 48
• 6 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)