SOLUTION: There are twice as many liters of water in one container as in another. If 8 liters of water are removed from each other of the two containers, there will be three times as many li
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Question 1026620: There are twice as many liters of water in one container as in another. If 8 liters of water are removed from each other of the two containers, there will be three times as many liters of water in one container as in the other. How many liters of water did the smaller container have to begin with? Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Assign a variables, or two if you really want.
v, the volume of water in a container, and then 2v, the volume in the other container.
Eight liters removed from each container, so now v-8 and 2v-8 are the volumes. According to description, .
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