Question

June needs 45 gallons of punch for a party and has 2 different coolers to carry it in. The bigger cooler is 5 times as large as the smaller cooler. How many gallons can each cooler hold? Enter the answers in decimal form.

Answer 1

Answer:

smaller cooler can hold = 7.5 Gallons

Bigger cooler can hold = 37.5 Gallons

Step-by-step explanation:

Let say smaller cooler can hold  =   P gallons

The bigger cooler is 5 times as large as the smaller cooler

=> Bigger cooler can hold = 5P gallons

Total smaller + bigger can hold = P + 5P  = 6P  gallons

6P = 45

=> P = 7.5

5P = 5 * 7.5 = 37.5

smaller cooler can hold = 7.5 Gallons

Bigger cooler can hold = 37.5 Gallons