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Problem
Mrs. Jones is pouring orange juice into four identical glasses for her four sons. She fills the first three glasses completely but runs out of juice when the fourth glass is only full. What fraction of a glass must Mrs. Jones pour from each of the first three glasses into the fourth glass so that all four glasses will have the same amount of juice?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
Given that the first three glasses are full and the fourth is only full, let's represent their contents with a common denominator, which we'll set as 6. This makes the first three glasses full, and the fourth glass full. To equalize the amounts, Mrs. Jones needs to pour juice from the first three glasses into the fourth. Pouring from each of the first three glasses will make them all full. Thus, all four glasses will have the same amount of juice. Therefore, the answer is
Final answer
C