Question

A rain barrel is 65% full. If there are 26 gallons of rain water in the barrel, how many gallons of water can the whole barrel hold?

Answer 1

40

Explanation:

A rain barrel is 65$ full

There are 26 gallons of water in the barrel

Therefore the numberr of gallons of water the barrel will hold can be calculated as follows

= 26×100/65

= 2600/65

= 40

Hence the barrel will hold 40 gallons of water