Question

a bucket hold b liters of water, but a jar holds 8fewr liters than the bucket. how many times more water can the bucket hold than the jar?

Answer 1

Answer:

$\frac{b}{b-8}$

Step-by-step explanation:

Bucket's Capacity = b liters

** Jar's capacity is 8 FEWER liters than "b", so:

Jar's Capacity = b - 8

Whenever we want how many times one is larger than another, we always find the ratio of larger to smaller. Here, bucket's capacity is larger and jar's capacity is smaller than that. So, the ratio would be:

$\frac{Water \ in \ Bucket}{Water \ in \ Jar}=\frac{b}{b-8}$

This is the correct answer,  $\frac{b}{b-8}$