SOLUTION: A container is 2/3 full of water. When 8 liters of water was removed from it, it became 2/7 full. What is the capacity of the container?

Question 1038323: A container is 2/3 full of water. When 8 liters of water was removed from it, it became 2/7 full. What is the capacity of the container?

Answer by Othel(27) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We have a container that we will call . This will represent it's full capacity, in Liters.
It is full of water.
So the amount of water that we have right now is .
Then we subtract Liters from it...

This amount is equal to of the full capacity of the container.
This leads us to...

Multiply both sides by a common denominator, which is 3*7 = 21
which reduces to...

Subtract 6C From both sides and add 168 to both sides...
and finally

Make sure to check the answer!
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The capacity of the container is 21 Liters
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