Question

There are 2 identical glasses. One glass is ( 11/20 ) full. The other is ( 2/3 ) full. Water is poured from one glass to the other so that one of them is now full. What tion of the other glass is filled?

A) ( 1/3 )

B) ( 2/3 )

C) ( 9/20 )

D) ( 8/15 )

Answer 1

To find the portion of the second glass that is filled after water is poured from one glass to the other, subtract the fraction of the first glass from the fraction of the second glass: (2/3) - (11/20). The difference is (7/60).

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the portion of the second glass that is filled after water is poured from one glass to the other, we need to find the difference in the amount of water in the two glasses. The first glass is (11/20) full and the second glass is (2/3) full. To find the difference, we subtract the fraction of the first glass from the fraction of the second glass: (2/3) - (11/20). To subtract these fractions, we need to find a common denominator, which in this case is 60. So we have (40/60) - (33/60) = 7/60. Therefore, the portion of the other glass that is filled is (7/60).