Difference between revisions of "2019 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 1"
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| + | Alicia had two containers. The first was <math>\tfrac{5}{6}</math> full of water and the second was empty. She poured all the water from the first container into the second container, at which point the second container was <math>\tfrac{3}{4}</math> full of water. What is the ratio of the volume of the first container to the volume of the second container? | ||
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| + | <math>\textbf{(A) } \frac{5}{8} \qquad \textbf{(B) } \frac{4}{5} \qquad \textbf{(C) } \frac{7}{8} \qquad \textbf{(D) } \frac{9}{10} \qquad \textbf{(E) } \frac{11}{12}</math> | ||
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| + | ==See Also== | ||
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| + | {{AMC10 box|year=2019|ab=B|before=First Problem|num-a=2}} | ||
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Revision as of 12:12, 14 February 2019
Problem
Alicia had two containers. The first was 
full of water and the second was empty. She poured all the water from the first container into the second container, at which point the second container was 
full of water. What is the ratio of the volume of the first container to the volume of the second container?
See Also
| 2019 AMC 10B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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