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

Question 258441: 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?
Found 2 solutions by rfer, richwmiller:
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
510+220=730
730/3=243
243*2=486 1st
730-486=244 2nd
486-220=266 barrels to move
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(220+x)=2/3*(510-x)
x=72 to be moved
220+72=292
510-72=438
Note it does NOT say two thirds of the total barrels are in one place but the barrels in one place are two thirds of the barrels in the other
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