Bucket challenge ?

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To fill a tank, 25 buckets of water is required. How many buckets of water will be required to fill the same tank if the capacity of the bucket is reduced to two-fifth of its present ?

60 62.5 41.666 50

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1 solution

Sandeep Kumar
Oct 9, 2014

Let the capacity of 1 bucket = x.

Then, the capacity of tank = 25x.

New capacity of bucket = 2 x/5

Required number of buckets = 25x/(2x/5) = (25x)*5/2x = 125/2 = 62.5

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