SOLUTION: Equal amounts of water were poured into two empty jars of different capacities, which made one jar 1/4th full and the other jar 1/3rd full. If the water in the jar with lessor capa

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Question 917055: Equal amounts of water were poured into two empty jars of different capacities, which made one jar 1/4th full and the other jar 1/3rd full. If the water in the jar with lessor capacity is then poured into the jar with the greater capacity, what fraction of the larger jar will be filled with water?
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Equal amounts of water were poured into two empty jars of different capacities, which made one jar 1/4th full and the other jar 1/3rd full.
If the water in the jar with lessor capacity is then poured into the jar with the greater capacity, what fraction of the larger jar will be filled with water?
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If the two amts were equal, and 1 amt was 1/4, then two amts is 1/2 of the larger jar