Question

Robert packed 2 cups of orange juice in 10 bottles. He was still left with 2 pints of juice in the jar. Can you calculate the capacity of Jar?

• A. 1.5 gallons
• B. 1.6 gallons
• C. 1.7 gallons
• D. 2 gallons

Answer 1

The correct option is A 1.5 gallons

Quantity of juice in each bottle = 2 cups
Number of bottles packed from jar = 10
Total quantity of juice in 10 bottles $=10\times 2=20$ cups

We know that,
1 pint = 2 cups
Quantity of juice remaining in the Jar $=2\text{pints}=2\times 2\text{cups}=4$ cups

Total capacity of the jar = Total quantity of juice in 10 bottles + Quantity of juice remaining in tha jar
$=20+4=24$cups

Converting cups to gallons:
$1\text{gallon}=16\text{cups}$
$\therefore \text{1 cup}=\frac{1}{16}\text{gallons}$
$\therefore \text{24 cups}=\frac{1}{16}\times 24=1.5\text{gallons}$
Hence, Capacity of the jar is 1.5 gallons.