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18.08.2019 • 
Mathematics

Awine maker has 2 wine barrels labeled a and b. there is more wine in barrel a than in barrel b. the wine maker wants the 2 barrels to contain the exact same amount of wine. to accomplish this, he first pours wine from barrel a into b as much wine as barrel b originally contained. next, he pours from barrel b back into barrel a as much wine as barrel a now contains. finally, he pours back from barrel a into barrel b as much wine as barrel b now contains. at this point the wine maker has accomplished his goal: both barrels contain 48 pints of wine. how much wine did each barrel contain at the very start?

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