Gardening

In the gardening community, Mr. Strawberry had 16 liters of water in his barrel. Neighbor Malina had three times more water in his barrel than Mr. Strawberry. It started to rain and the same amount of water rained into both barrels. After the rain, Mr. Malina found that he had twice as much water in his barrel as Mr. Strawberry. How many liters of water rained into each barrel?

Final Answer:

x =  16 l

Step-by-step explanation:

$$\begin{gathered} V_1=16\text{l} \\ {V}_2=3\cdot V_1=3\cdot 16=48\text{l} \\ {V}_2+x=2\cdot (V_1+x) \\ 48+x=2\cdot (16+x) \\ x=16=16\text{l} \\ \text{ Verifying Solution: } \\ {V}_3=V_1+x=16+16=32\text{l} \\ {V}_4=V_2+x=48+16=64\text{l} \\ {V}_4=2V_3 \end{gathered}$$

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