SOLUTION: Container A,of volume a , is half full.Container B,of volume b,is one third full.container C,of volume c,is empty.If all the water in the containers is divided equally among the co

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Question 603262: Container A,of volume a , is half full.Container B,of volume b,is one third full.container C,of volume c,is empty.If all the water in the containers is divided equally among the containers,What part of container C will be full? Please show me the steps.
A. (a+4b)/6c
B.(2a+b)/24c
C.(3a+2b)/18c
D.(6a+3b)/15c
E. none of these

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Container A, of volume a, is half full.
Container B, of volume b, is one third full.
container C, of volume c, is empty.
If all the water in the containers is divided equally among the containers,What part of container C will be full?
:
the total amt of water
1%2F2a + 1%2F3b + 0c
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Divide the total amt by 3
1%2F3(1%2F2a + 1%2F3b) = 1%2F6a + 1%2F9b
:
Container C fractional part full
%28%281%2F6%29a+%2B+%281%2F9%29b%29%2Fc
Get rid of the fractions, multiply by 18%2F18
18%2F18*(%28%281%2F6%29a+%2B+%281%2F9%29b%29%2Fc) = %283a+%2B+2b%29%2F%2818c%29