A bottle of soft drink is two thirds full. Jack drinks one quarter of the remaining soft drink. How full is the bottle now

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asked Aug 7, 2018 192k views

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AHOYAHOY · Answer 1 · 2018-08-08T21:05:12+0000

Charli,

First find what 1/4 of 2/3 is.

1/4 of 2/3 = 1/6

(That is 1/4 times 2/3 = 1/6)

So, the bottle was 2/3 full, it is now ...

2/3 - 1/6

=4/6 - 1/6

= 3/6 or 1/2 full.

Heinrich Hartmann · Answer 2 · 2018-08-13T15:30:06+0000

We know that the bottle of soft drink has a remaining volume which is 2 / 3 of the original.

Since Jack drank 1 / 4 of the remaining volume, hence only 3 / 4 now finally remains, the total is:

(2 / 3) * (3 / 4) = 6 / 12 = 1 / 2

Hence the bottle is now one half full