Gardening

In the allotment garden, Mr. Strawberry had 16 litres of water in his barrel. His neighbour Mr. Malina had three times more water in his barrel than Mr. Strawberry. It then started to rain, and the same amount of rainwater fell into both barrels. After the rain, Mr. Malina found he had twice as much water in his barrel as Mr. Strawberry. How many litres of water rained into each barrel?

Final Answer:

x =  16 l

Step-by-step explanation:

V1=16 l V2=3 V1=3 16=48 l  V2+x=2 (V1+x) 48+x=2 (16+x)  x=16=16 l   Verifying Solution:  V3=V1+x=16+16=32 l V4=V2+x=48+16=64 l  V4=2V3



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