
Please help. Thanks
Please help. Thanks
I went thru the question again, and think the answer is correct. Not sure why it is marked wrong.
3/5 of the tank is filled with water. 1/5 of the water was poured away. So we can’t remove the 3/5 in calculation of the remaining water.
Unless 1/5 of the water was poured away is interpreted as 1/5 of the volume of the tank was poured away, in this case,
the amount of water poured away is 1/5 * 25 * 20 * 15 = 1500 cm³
Orginal volume of water in the tank is 3/4 * 25 * 20 * 15 = 4500 cm³
Then the water remained = 4500 – 1500 = 3000 cm³
This doesn’t make sense to me as 1/5 of the water was poured away must refer to 1/5 of the volume of original amount of water in the tank and not 1/5 of the full volume of the tank.
If 1/5 of the water is poured out, 1 – 1/5 = 4/5 of the water will be left.
So volume of the water left = 4/5 * 3/5 * 25 * 20 * 15 = 3600 cm³
Please help corrections.
I went thru the question again, and think the answer is correct. Not sure why it is marked wrong.
3/5 of the tank is filled with water. 1/5 of the water was poured away. So we can’t remove the 3/5 in calculation of the remaining water.
Unless 1/5 of the water was poured away is interpreted as 1/5 of the volume of the tank was poured away, in this case,
the amount of water poured away is 1/5 * 25 * 20 * 15 = 1500 cm³
Orginal volume of water in the tank is 3/4 * 25 * 20 * 15 = 4500 cm³
Then the water remained = 4500 – 1500 = 3000 cm³
This doesn’t make sense to me as 1/5 of the water was poured away must refer to 1/5 of the volume of original amount of water in the tank and not 1/5 of the full volume of the tank.