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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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Answered by spiderman2019
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Answer:

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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