To fill a bucket, 25 jugs of water is required. How many jugs of water will be required to fill the

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21 Sep 2020 Capacity

To fill a bucket, 25 jugs of water is required. How many jugs of water will be required to fill the same bucket if the capacity of jug is reduced to two-fifth of its present ?

OPtion

1) 10
2) 5
3) 15
4) 20
5) 40
6) 48
7) 62.5
8) 56
9) 58
10) None of these

Solution

Let the capacity of 1 jug = x.
Then, capacity of bucket= 25x.


New capacity of bucket = (2/5)x
Required no of buckets = 25x/(2x/5) = 62.5

Correct Option: 7 Best Solution (2)