Question

A bucket of water was 1/4full, but it still had 2 4/5 gallons of water in it. How much

water would be in one fully filled bucket?

Answer 1

11 1/5

Explanation:

Answer 2

11 1/5 gallons of water

Explanation:

Let the full capacity of bucket be x gallon

given that

bucket is 1/4 full

the quantity of water in bucket when it is 1/4 full = 1/4 * full capacity of bucket

the quantity of water in bucket when it is 1/4 full = 1/4 * x = x/4

Given that

when bucket is 1/4 full , it has 2 4/5 gallons of water

thus

x/4 = 2 4/5 gallons

x /4 = (5*2 + 4)/5 gallons = 14/5 gallons

x = (14*4)/5 gallons = 56/5 gallons = 11 1/5 gallons

Thus, there will be 11 1/5 gallons of water in fully filled bucket.