26 buckets of water fill a tank when the capacity of each bucket is 13.5 litres.

26 buckets of water fill a tank when the capacity of each bucket is 13.5 litres. How many buckets will be required to fill the same tank if the capacity of each bucket is 9 litres?

Quiz

Answer/Solution

39

Steps/Work

Capacity of the tank = 26 × 13.5= 351 litres
When the capacity of each bucket = 9 litres, then the required no. of buckets
= 351⁄9 = 39
Answer B