SOLUTION: George had a bottle filled with juice. He drank 1/5 of the juice in the bottle. An hour later, he drank 2 cups from what was left in the bottle. Two hours later, he drank 1/3 of th

Question 867108: George had a bottle filled with juice. He drank 1/5 of the juice in the bottle. An hour later, he drank 2 cups from what was left in the bottle. Two hours later, he drank 1/3 of the remaining juice in the bottle. Three hours later, George drank 2 1/2 cups of juice. Before going to bed, he drank 1/2 of what was left. George then measured the amount of juice left and found that there was still 3/4 of a cup of juice in the bottle. How much juice was originally in the bottle?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
p = number of cups volume originally in the bottle.

act 1:
cups in the bottle

act 2:
cups in the bottle

act 3:

act 4:
, using

act 5:

Act 6:
Measurement made of how much juice still in the bottle.

Solve for p.
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