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5 small bucket and 2 large bucket of water make 20 liter.three small bucket and 2 large bucket make only 18 liter.how much water each bucket hold?​

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Answer:

small: 1 liter; large: 7.5 liters

Explanation:

The difference between the two sets of buckets is 2 small buckets and 2 liters. Hence we know that a small bucket is 1 liter.

Then 5 small buckets contribute 5 liters to the 20-liter total. The remaining 15 liters comes from 2 large buckets, so each of those is 7.5 liters.

Large bucket: 7.5 liters

Small bucket: 1 liter

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