Simplification Test 9

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The liquid contained in a bucket can fill four large bottles or seven small bottles. A full large bottles is used to fill an empty small bottle. What fraction of liquid is left over in the large bottle, when the small one is full?

$5 /7$
$4 /7$
$3 /7$
$2 /7$

Validate

Solution:

Let the capacity of a large and a small bottle be

x l

and

y l

.
Now,

4x = 7y

∴y=4/7x

Hence, liquid remained in large bottle

=x-4/7x=3/7x

Therefore required fraction

=3/7

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