A container when 3/8 full, holds 15 litres of oil. How many litres of oil would be needed to fill 5 similar containers?

200 litres of oil

Explanation:

When the container is 3/8 full, its holds 15 litres of oil.

i.e. 3/8 = 15 litres

the container need 8/8 or 1 to be full.

If 3/8 = 15 litres. or 0.375 = 15 litres

full container will be 15/0.375 x 1

=40 litres

To fill 5 such containers will requires

=40 litres x  5

=200 litres of oil

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a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.