Problema Solution
A shipment of sugar fills
5 containers of the same size. If the total amount of sugar is 9 1/6 tons, how much sugar can one container hold?
Answer provided by our tutors
Let 'x' represent the amount of sugar per container (assuming that each container holds the same amount of sugar).
5x = 9 1/6
9 1/6 = (9*6 + 1)/6 = 55/6
5x = 55/6
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x = 11/6 tons
x = 1 5/6 tons
Each container can hold 1 5/6 tones of sugar.