SOLUTION: There are 220 barrels of cement in one shed and 510 barrels in another shed. How many barrels must be transferred from the second to the first shed so that the first shed will cont

SOLUTION: There are 220 barrels of cement in one shed and 510 barrels in another shed. How many barrels must be transferred from the second to the first shed so that the first shed will cont

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Question 460684: There are 220 barrels of cement in one shed and 510 barrels in another shed. How many barrels must be transferred from the second to the first shed so that the first shed will contain two-thirds as much as the second shed?
Answer by rwm(914) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
220+510=730
2/3=(220+x)/(510-x)
x=72
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