Today's Question - Emil runs the county wine press, squeezing grapes for the neighbors. As a fee he keeps 10% of fluid from each pressing. So, this morning, Bob thanked Emil and left with a 50 gallon drum from his squeezing. What was Emil's share?

Reveal Answer Corner Answer - Lots of folks think Emil got 5 gallons out of 55 leaving Bob with 50. But if Emil got 10% of 55 that would have been 5.5 gallons, leaving 49.5. So....Bob has left with 50 gallons only after Emil took his share of 10% or 5.555......etc. gallons. Simply, whatever Bob got (in this case 50 gallons) was 90% of the total.

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