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The hardware store sells green buckets, which hold 7 liters of water, and white buckets, which hold 1 liter. Austin bought 8 buckets. His buckets will hold 38 liters in total. How many of each type of
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The hardware store sells green buckets, which hold 7 liters of water, and white buckets, which hold 1 liter. Austin bought 8 buckets. His buckets will hold 38 liters in total. How many of each type of bucket did Austin buy?

? green buckets
? white buckets

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Answer: 5 green buckets and 3 white buckets

Step-by-step explanation: each green bucket is 7 liters so if Austin buys 5 of them that'll equal 35 liters already. And each white bucket is 1 liter so if he buys 3 of those that'll get him to 38

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