A batch of bottles was packed in 25 boxes with 12 bottles in each box. If the same batch is packed using 20 bottles in each box

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asked Dec 27, 2017 in Mathematics by Golu (37,045 points) 19 172 614

A batch of bottles was packed in 25 boxes with 12 bottles in each box. If the same batch is packed using 20 bottles in each box, how many boxes would be filled?

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answered Dec 27, 2017 by Ankit Agarwal (28,847 points) 7 34 104
selected Dec 27, 2017 by Golu
 
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Let the number of boxes be x.

Here the number of bottles and the number of boxes are in inverse proportion.

Hence, 15 boxes would be filled.

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