+9 Aishah poured 17 litres of water into 3 containers. Container A had 3 times as much water as Container B. Container C had 2.5 litres of water fewer than Container B. Find the amount of water in Container B in litres.
Aishah poured 17 litres of water into 3 containers. Container A had 3 times as much water as Container B. Container C had 2.5 litres of water fewer than Container B. Find the amount of water in Container B in litres.
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Let's write the number of liters in Bucket A as "a", he amount in Bucket B "b", and the amount in Bucket C "c". We can now write the following equations:
a+b+c=17
a=3b
c=b−2.5
We can now use subsitution to solve for each of them.
3b+b+b−2.5=17
5b=19.5
b=3.9
So Bucket B has 3.9 liters.
