There are two containers of milk. There is twice as much milk in the first container as in the second. After using 2 gal. of milk from the second container and 3 gal. of milk from the first container, the second container had 4.5 times less milk than the first. How many gallons of milk were in both containers originally?

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Preston Watson

Mathematics

28 November, 02:48

There are two containers of milk. There is twice as much milk in the first container as in the second. After using 2 gal. of milk from the second container and 3 gal. of milk from the first container, the second container had 4.5 times less milk than the first. How many gallons of milk were in both containers originally?

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Zoe Bowen · Answer 1

Set equations for both containers:

Condition one: $y=2x$

Condition two: $ (y-3) = 4.5 (x-2) $

plug in $y$ from condition one into the second equation:

$2x-3=4.5x-9$

simplify gives: $2.5x=6$

$/boxed{x=2.4}$

$/boxed{y=4.8}$