SOLUTION: 3/7 of Jar A is filled with water. The capacity of Jar B is p pints. When all the water from Jar A is poured into Jar B, it only fills 8 pints more than 30% of Jar B. When the wate
Question 1005974: 3/7 of Jar A is filled with water. The capacity of Jar B is p pints. When all the water from Jar A is poured into Jar B, it only fills 8 pints more than 30% of Jar B. When the water is poured into Jar C, it fills 5 pints less than half the capacity of Jar C.
a) What is the capacity of Jar A in terms of p?
b) What is the capacity of Jar C in terms of p? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let the capacity of A = pints
Let the capacity of C = pints
The capacity of B = pints
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