Problema Solution
A water bottle is half full. She pours it into another water bottle that is 1/3 full and it fills the bottle. If the second bottle holds 2 quarts how much did the first bottle hold
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Let 'x' represent the amount of water that the first bottle holds.
2/3 of the second bottle is equal to x quarts meaning that (3/2)x is the amount that the second full bottle holds.
(1/3)(3/2)x = 2
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x = 4
The first bottle holds 4 quarts.