Question

David need 36 gallons of punch for a party and has two different cooler to carry I in the bigger cooler is 5 times as large as the smaller cooler how many gallons can each hold?

Answer 1

David needs 36 gallons.
So, 36/z (for now) the bigger cooler is 5x. However, I don’t know what x is. So, the problem can’t really be solved. I’m sorry.

Answer 2

Small cooler can hold= 6 gallons

and big cooler can hold= 30 gallons

Explanation:

Let the numbers of gallons hold by a small cooler is: x gallons

and the number of gallons hold by a bigger cooler is: 5x gallons.

( Since it was given that:

The bigger cooler is 5 times as large as the smaller cooler )

Also the total number of gallons of punch for a party is: 36 gallons

Hence, we get:

x+5x=36

i.e. 6x=36

On dividing both side by 6 we get:

x=6

Hence, the number of gallons hold by small cooler is: 6 gallons

and number of gallons hold by big cooler is: 5×6=30 gallons