Question

A bucket holds c liters of water, but a jar holds 8 liters less. How many times as much water can the bucket hold as the jar?

Answer 1

Its about 3x the amount in the jar

Answer 2

Answer:

The bucket hold 3x the capacity of the jar

Step-by-step explanation:

First we have to write down the amount of both, the jar and the bucket, to make a small equation to see the problem mathematically.

Bucket = c liters of water

Jar = c - 8

so we can say that:

c = c - 8

Now that we have the equation, we can determine that the variable 'c' on the right is substracting to the number 8. So we can pass the 'c' to the left of the equation by adding it to the elements on the left, like this:

c + c = 8

Now, two 'c' are the same, we can add them:

2c = 8

This two on the equation of the left is multiplying the variable 'c', so we can move it to the right by dividing the number 8 with this number:

c = 8/2

If we solve this operation, we'll get:

c = 4

That means that the amount of liters of water a jar can hold is 4 liters

Jar = 4 liters

Now that we have this value, we can solve the problen. If the jar holds 8 liters of water les than a bucket, we can now represent it like this:

Bucket = Jar capacity + 8 liters

Wich can be represented like this as well:

Bucket = 4 + 8

And the result is:

Bucket = 12 liters

If we try to fit the jar's capacity on the bucket, we find that the bucket hold 3x the capacity of the jar

Let me know if you have any doubts :D