If 10 jugs of H2o fill 5/8 of a bucket. Another 4 jugs and 5 cups of H2o are needed to fill the remaining parts of buckets. How many cups of H2o can fill a bucket?

3 answers

10 jugs fill 5/8 buckets, so
1 jug fills 5/80 = 1/16 bucket, so
1 bucket fills 16 jugs
3/8 bucket remains unfilled, so that's 3/8 * 16 = 6 jugs

6 jugs = 4 jugs + 5 cups, so
2 jugs = 5 cups
1 jug = 5/2 cups

a bucket = 16 jugs = 16*5/2 = 40 cups
40
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