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A bucket of water that is 1/6 full contains 2.75 gallons of water. How many gallons of water will be in the bucket when it is completely full?

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Final answer:

The bucket will contain 16.5 gallons of water when it is completely full.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the number of gallons of water that will be in the bucket when it is completely full, we can set up a proportion using the given information:

1/6 full = 2.75 gallons

1 full = x gallons (what we need to find)

Setting up the proportion:

1/6 = 2.75/x

Cross multiplying, we get:

1x = 2.75 * 6

1x = 16.5

x = 16.5

Therefore, when the bucket is completely full, it will contain 16.5 gallons of water.

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