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A ten gallon hat is half full. Three gallons of water were added to the hat. How full is the hat now

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Answer:

The hat is 4/5 full, meaning that the 10 gallon hat is only 8 gallons full.

Explanation:

Since the 10 gallon hat is half full, I assume that there is already 5 gallons of water in it. So if 3 gallons of water were to be added, that would make 8 gallons.

Therefore 8 out of the 10 gallons of the hat will be filled. This can be written as 8/10, or if we simplify the fraction, it will be 4/5.

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