Question

nolan completely fills a glass with water and then pours the water into a bowl. he does this until the bowl is completely filled with water. The full glass holds 1 1/3 cups of water the full bowl holds 4 2/3 cups of water How many full glasses of water does the bowl hold

Answer 1

`\bold{3(1)/(2 )}` full glasses of water the bowl holds.

Explanation:

Full glass of water holds
`1(1)/(3)` cups of water.

Full bowl of water holds
`4(2)/(3)` cups of water.

To find:

How many full glasses of water does the bowl hold ?

Solution:

Let us convert the unit of cups of water to glass of water.

Given that

`1(1)/(3)` or
`(4)/(3)` cups of water is equivalent to 1 full glass of water

Now, let us use unitary method to find the answer.

`(4)/(3)` cups of water is equivalent to 1 full glass of water

1 cups of water is equivalent to
`(3)/(4)` full glass of water

`4(2)/(3)` or
`(14)/(4)` cups of water is equivalent to
`(3)/(4)* \frac{14}3 = (14)/(4)` full glass of water

`(14)/(4) = (7)/(2) = \bold{3(1)/(2)}` full glass of water is the quantity the bowl holds.