Question

2 jugs are filled with water. If you remove 1 liter of water from the first jug, then the two jugs contain the same amount of water. If you remove 2 liters from the second jug, then the second jug would contain half as much as the first jug. How many liters of water are in the largest jug?

Answer 1

Let the jugs hold x and y liters.

x-1 = y
y-2 = x/2

The jugs hold 6 and 5 liters.