June needs 48 gallons of punch
for a party and has two different
coolers to carry it in. the bigger
cooler is five times as large as the
smaller cooler. how many gallons
can each cooler hold?

Smaller cooler can hold 8 gallons and the bigger cooler can hold 40 gallons.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:  June needs 48 gallons of punch  for a party and has two different

coolers to carry it in. The bigger  cooler is five times as large as the

smaller cooler.

To find: How many gallons  can each cooler hold?

Solution: Let the smaller cooler can carry x gallons of punch.

As per the question, the larger cooler will carry 5x gallons of punch.

Now, it is given that June needs 48 gallons of punch for a party.

So, we have an equation as

On solving, the above equation for x we have,

So, the smaller cooler can hold 8 gallons of punch and the bigger cooler can hold gallons.

Hence, smaller cooler can hold 8 gallons of punch and the bigger cooler can hold 40 gallons of punch.

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