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Four big water bottles can hold 8 gallaons how much can 10 big water gallons hold

User Bpanulla
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Let x represent the gallons you are finding
If 4=8 then,
10=x
You cross multiply
4x = 10*8
4x /4= 80/4
x = 20
User Rogers
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4 can hold 8 gallons = 8/4 = 2 big bottle per gallons.

For 10 big bottles = 10 x 2 = 20 gallons.

If you are looking for how many bottles can be filled with 10 gallons, the answer is 5.
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