itisSheldon wrote:
Two jugs, J and K , contain water. The capacity of jug J is 20 percent greater than that of jug K . How many more gallons of water are in jug J than in jug K ?
1) When full, jug K holds 5 gallons of water.
2) Jug J is 50 percent full and jug K is 40 percent full.
So the two jugs have certain individual capacities, but they are not necessarily filled to capacity.
(1) Capacity of K is 5 gallons, and this means capacity of J should be 20% more or 6 gallons. So now we have their capacities but
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