Question

one container holds a 1 7/8 quarts of water and a second container holds 5 3/4 quarts of water. how many more quarts of water does the second container hold than the first container?

Answer 1

So lets solve this!

Quarts of water 1st container holds= 17/8

Quarts of water 2nd container holds= 5 3/4

Quarts of water does the second container holds than the first container=?

First of all we need to change 5 3/4 into an improper fraction

5 3/4= 23/4

Secondly, we need to find the LCM of 17/8 and 23/4

LCM:

17/8= 51/24

23/4= 138/24

So now we have got both of the LCM's 

Quarts of second container holds the first container= 23/4 - 138/24=87/24

Your answer is 87/24

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