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Problem of the Day • You have three drinking glasses labeled A, B, and C with a total of 72 mL of water in the three of them in different amounts per glass. You pour half the contents of B into A. Then you pour 1/5 of the new contents of A into C. Now all three glasses have 24 mL in them. How many mL did each glass contain before you started pouring?

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Problem of the Day

• You have three drinking glasses labeled A, B, and C with a total of 72 mL of water in the three of them in different amounts per glass. You pour half the contents of B into A. Then you pour 1/5 of the new contents of A into C. Now all three glasses have 24 mL in them. How many mL did each glass contain before you started pouring?