Problema Solution
a cook buys two identicle bags of rice and uses some of the rice in each bag so that one bag is half full and the other is one-third full.The cook combines them into one bag, which then contains 3 1/3 cups of rice. how much rice was in a full bag?
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We assume there are x cups in a full bag.
So the equation is
0.5x + 1/3 x = 3 1/3
We solve it
x = 4
So there are 4 cups in a full bag