Two barrels contain equal quantities of honey. From one barrel, 37 gallons of honey are drawn. From the other barrel, 7 gallons of honey are drawn. The quantity remaining in one barrel is now seven times that remaining in the other barrel. How much did each barrel contain at first?

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At the start, each barrel has the same amount of honey, so:

Barrel 1 has X gallons

Barrel 2 has X gallons.

from 1, they extract 37 gallos, and from 2 they extract 7 gallons, so now:

Barrel 1 has X - 37

Barrel 2 has X- 7

and now, the quantity in the Barrel 2 is seven times the quantity in the barrel 1, so:

X- 7 = 7*(X - 37)

we need to find X.

X - 7 = 7*X - 37*7 = 7*X - 259

X - 7*X = 7 - 259

-6*X = -252

X = 252/6 = 42

So at the start, each barrel has 42 gallons of honey.

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