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Ahmad has containers of 2 different sizes. The total capacity of 16 containers of one size is x gallons, and the total capacity of 8 containers of the other size is also x gallons, and x > 0. In terms of x, what is the capacity, in gallons, of each of the larger containers?

A- 4x
B- 2x
C- x/2
D- x/8
E- x/16

Can sum1 explain this and the other post i posted thorougly so i get a good understnading thanks a lot

By Firebird12637 (Firebird12637) on Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 06:10 pm: Edit

x/8.

By Akaflex (Akaflex) on Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 06:10 pm: Edit

thoroughly!! plz

By Z00b (Z00b) on Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 06:18 pm: Edit

Just plug in easy to use numbers. In this case let x=16.

16 of the first size can hold 16 gallons.

8 of the second size can hold 16 gallons also. 8 large=16 gallons. large = 16/8 gallons each. X was equal to 16, so the answer is x/8 gallons.

By Z00b (Z00b) on Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 06:18 pm: Edit

double post.

By Chrisy (Chrisy) on Saturday, October 04, 2003 - 09:19 pm: Edit

the capacity of the two containers: a and b.
16a=8b=x
obviously b is bigger than a
so b=x/8

By Akaflex (Akaflex) on Sunday, October 05, 2003 - 11:36 am: Edit

wait so u juss need to put the bigger container over x and tat makes it for 2 of them, can plz sum1 explain better

By Joeybg (Joeybg) on Sunday, October 05, 2003 - 12:40 pm: Edit

So this girl obviously 's got 2 kinds of containers -- now u should notice that since 16 of the 1st type hold the same quantity as 8 from the other type ,that is x...then the one that is less "represented" holds more...so it's the bigger one...then its capacity is = x (the whole thing it can hold) divided by 8(the # of containers)...
So x/8