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Description : Twenty caravans are travelling across the desert one dayapart. The first caravan reached the oasisand the camels drank half of the water inthe pool. On the second day, the secondcaravan reached the oasis and the cameldrank one-third of the water that was left.On the third day, the camels in the thirdcaravan drank one-quarter of the waterthat was left. On the first day the poolcontained 1050m² of water. How much'water was left after the 20th caravanpassed throughHINT: Observe the pattern and calculate.​

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The FIRST CARAVAN left half of the water. The second caravan left \BEGIN{lgathered}\frac{2}{3} \times \frac{1}{2} = \frac{1}{3} \\ \frac{3}{4} \times \frac{1}{3} = \frac{1}{4}\end{lgathered}32×21=3143×31=41of the water. Continuing the pattern, the 20th caravan LEAVES \frac{1}{21}211 or 50 m3 of water.



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