A milk container is 5/8 full. Milk is poured in at a rate of 5 liters per minute. After 14 minutes the container is 4/5 full.
Calculate the number of liters of milk which the container can hold.
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400 liters.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x be the capacity of container.
In 1 minute 5 liters of milk is poured. So in 14 minutes 14*5 = 70 liters of milk is poured.
4x/5 - 5x/8 = 70
32x - 25x/ 40 = 70
7x/40 = 70
x = 400 liters.
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