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How many jars each holding 1.75kg of jam can be filled from a vessel containing 100kg of jam and how much remain?

Capacity of one jar = 1.75kg

Quantity of jam in vessel = 100kg


Required number of jar


Jar


We can take the value of jar in integer because we did not cut the jar


So the number of jars is = 57


The quantity of jam filled with 57 jars = 57 × 1.75


= 99.75kg


The quantity of jam remained after filling 57 jar is = 100–99.75


= 0.25kg


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