Question

2 vessels contain 126 liters and 90 liters of oil.Find the measure of a jar of maximum capacity which can be used to empty the oil in both the vessels with exact number of times

Answer 1

Given :

Capacity of first vessel = 126 lit

capacity of second vessel = 90 lit

To find :

The maximum capacity of the jar which can be used to empty the oil in both the vessels with exact number of times

Solution :

• For finding the maximum capacity of the jar we should calculate the Highest  common factor(H.C.F) of both the vessels

• H.C.F of 126 and 90 =18

• No of times it should be filled to empty first vessel = 126/18 =7

• No of times it should be filled to empty second vessel = 90/18 =5
• The capacity of jar should be 18 litres