Question

If container a holds 8 gallons of water and container b holds 12% more than container a, how many gallons of water does container b hold?

Answer 1

Container b holds 8.96 gallons of water.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many gallons of water container b holds, we start with the information that container a holds 8 gallons of water. Container b holds 12% more than container a, which means it holds 12% of 8 gallons more.

To calculate the amount, we multiply 8 gallons by 12% (0.12). That gives us 0.96 gallons. Finally, we add this amount to the 8 gallons in container a to get the total amount of water in container b, which is 8 + 0.96 = 8.96 gallons.

Answer 2

Answer: 8.96 gallons of water

To answer this question you need to multiply the container b: container a ratio with the container a volume.
Since container b has more volume than container a, the ratio should be >1. In this case, the ratio is 100%+12%= 112%
Then the volume of container b is= 112% x 8 gallons= 8.96 gallons