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Discussion Forum : Simplification - General Questions (Q.No. 10)
10.
To fill a tank, 25 buckets of water is required. How many buckets of water will be required to fill the same tank if the capacity of the bucket is reduced to two-fifth of its present ?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Let the capacity of 1 bucket = x.
Then, the capacity of tank = 25x.
| New capacity of bucket = | 2 | x |
| 5 |
 Required number of buckets = |
25x |
| (2x/5) |
| = |  25x |
x | 5 |  |
| 2x |
| = | 125 |
| 2 |
= 62.5
Discussion:
33 comments Page 4 of 4.
Jaffy said:
4 years ago
A number of bucket=x.
Tank ,y=25.
y = (2/5)x.
25 = (2/5 )x.
x = 25*(5/2).
x = 125/2.
x = 62.5.
Tank ,y=25.
y = (2/5)x.
25 = (2/5 )x.
x = 25*(5/2).
x = 125/2.
x = 62.5.
(2)
Pranay Alte said:
4 years ago
It's wrong. Because it said that it was reduced by 2/5.
So we have to subtract it from the original => x *-(2/5*).
So we have to subtract it from the original => x *-(2/5*).
(7)
ARBIND Kumar Mishra said:
1 year ago
Here question says 'reduce to' not 'reduce by'.
So, the capacity of the bucket is two-fifths of the present = 2x / 5.
25 = 2x/5
X = 62.5.
So, the capacity of the bucket is two-fifths of the present = 2x / 5.
25 = 2x/5
X = 62.5.
(4)
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