Question

A glass is 2/3 full. Then 40cm^3 of orange juice is poured in. The glass is now 4/5 full What is the total volume of the glass?

Answer 1

The total volume of the glass is 300 cm^3.

Explanation:

Let V represent the total glass volume.

Then (4/5)V - (2/3)V = 40 cm^3. The LCD here is 15, so we rewrite this equation as

(12/15)V - (10/15)V = 40 cm^3, or

(2/15)V = 40 cm^3.

Solve for V by multiplying both sides of this equation by (15/2):

(15/2)(2/15)V = (15/2)(40 = 300 cm^3

The total volume of the glass is 300 cm^3.