1988 AJHSME Problems/Problem 20
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Problem
The glass gauge on a cylindrical coffee maker shows that there are cups left when the coffee maker is full. How many cups of coffee does it hold when it is full?
Solution
Let the amount of coffee the maker will hold when full be . Then,