Question 63

# Tina, Mina, Gina, Lina and Bina are 5 sisters, aged in that order, with Tina being the eldest. Each of them had to carry a bucket of water from a well to their house. Their buckets’ capacities were proportional to their ages. While returning, equal amount of water got splashed out of their buckets. Who lost maximum amount of water as a percentage of the bucket capacity?

Solution

Let the capacities of bucket of water carried by Tina, Mina, Gina, Lina and Bina respectively be $$W_T, W_M, W_G, W_L, W_B$$

It is given that : $$W_T > W_M > W_G > W_L > W_B$$

Let they spill $$x$$ litres of water from the bucket.

Thus, %age of water spilled by them respectively be

= $$\frac{x}{W_T} \times 100$$, $$\frac{x}{W_M} \times 100$$, $$\frac{x}{W_G} \times 100$$, $$\frac{x}{W_L} \times 100$$, $$\frac{x}{W_B} \times 100$$

$$\because W_T > W_M > W_G > W_L > W_B$$

$$\therefore \frac{x}{W_T} \times 100$$ < $$\frac{x}{W_M} \times 100$$ < $$\frac{x}{W_G} \times 100$$ < $$\frac{x}{W_L} \times 100$$ < $$\frac{x}{W_B} \times 100$$

Thus, Bina lost maximum amount of water as a percentage of the bucket capacity.