Question

Sarai is mixing a solution. She pours all the liquid from a full small beaker into a larger beaker. The liquid fills the large beaker to 15% of its capacity. If the small beaker holds 300 mL, how much does the large beaker hold?

Answer 1

2000 ml

Explanation:

Given: Sarai pours all the liquid from a full small beaker into a larger beaker.

The liquid fills the large beaker to 15% of its capacity.

The small beaker holds 300 ml.

Lets assume capacity of large beaker to hold be "x".

As given, Sarai pours all the liquid from a full small beaker into a larger beaker

∴
`15\% * x= 300\ ml`

⇒
`0.15x= 300`

Dividing both side by 0.15

⇒
`x= (300)/(0.15)`

∴
`x= 2000\ ml`

Hence, the large beaker can hold 2000 ml of liquid.