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10 pails of water can fill 7/11 of a tank. Another 5 pails and 8 jugs are needed to fill tank to the brim. How many jugs of water are needed to fill the empty tank completely.
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10 pails of water can fill 7/11 of a tank. Another 5 pails and 8 jugs are needed to fill tank to the brim. How many jugs of water are needed to fill the empty tank completely.
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10 pails of water can fill 7/11 of a tank. Another 5 pails and 8 jugs are needed to fill tank to the brim. How many jugs of water are needed to fill the empty tank completely.
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10 pails of water can fill 7/11 of a tank.
Another 5 pails and 8 jugs are needed to fill tank to the brim.
How many jugs of water are needed to fill the empty tank completely.
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10 pails of water fill 7/11 of the tank.
Adding another 5 pails of water fill = = of the tank.
So, 8 jugs of water fill of the tank.
Hence, 8*22 = 176 jugs are needed to fill the tank, in full. ANSWER
