Question

A water container is 1/8 full. 35 litres if water are now poured into the container. The container is now 1/4 full.

When the container is full, how much water does it hold?​

Answer 1

The container can hold 280 liters of water.

Explanation:

Proportions

The water originally fills 1/8 of a container. Then 35 lt of water are poured into the container and now it's 1/4 full.

If we subtract the final portion of the tank minus the original portion of the container, we obtain the portion that was poured into.

`\mathrm{Portion\ poured }=(1)/(4)-(1)/(8)=(2)/(8)-(1)/(8)=(1)/(8)`

If 35 liters of water is 1/8 of the tank, then it can hold 35*8 = 280 liters.

The container can hold 280 liters of water.