Question

To test the rate of stream water evaporation, you fill two 18-inch containers to the brim with stream water and leave them in protected areas in the shade. When you return one week later, Container A is 818 8 18 -inches full and Container B is 518 5 18 -inches full. How much less water, in the simplest form, is in Container B?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Its B; 1/6 of an inch

Answer 2

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Complete Question

To test the rate of stream water evaporation, you fill two 18-inch containers to the brim with stream water and leave them in protected areas in the shade. When you return one week later, Container A is 8/18 -inches full and Container B is 5 /18 -inches full. How much less water, in the simplest form, is in Container B?

Answer:

Container B contained 13/18 - inches less water

Explanation:

The container contained 18 inches of water.

For container B after a while, the water is 5/18 inches full.

Hence,

5/18 of an 18 inches container =

Let the fraction of the 18 inches container be represented as:1

1 - 5/18

= 18 - 5/18

= 13/18

Therefore, container B after a while under the shade, contained 13/18 - inches less water