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To fill a tank, 25 buckets of water is required. How many buckets of water will be required to fill the same tank if the capacity of the bucket is reduced to two-fifth of its present ?

Question:
To fill a tank, 25 buckets of water is required. How many buckets of water will be required to fill the same tank if the capacity of the bucket is reduced to two-fifth of its present ?

[A].

10

[B].

35

[C].

62.5

[D].

Cannot be determined

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Let the capacity of 1 bucket = x.

Then, the capacity of tank = 25x.

New capacity of bucket = 2 x
5
Required number of buckets = 25x
(2x/5)
= 25x x 5
2x
= 125
2

= 62.5