Question

Elena has some bottles of water that each hold 17 fluid ounces.

Write an equation that relates the number of bottle of water (b) to the total volume of the water (w) in fluid ounces.

what can you multiply W by to get the amount of bottled water

Answer 1

Given:

Capacity of each bottle of water = 17 fluid ounces.

Number of bottles of water = b

The total volume of the water = w in fluid ounces

To Find:

1. An equation that relates the number of bottle of water (b) to the total volume of the water (w) in fluid ounces.
2. what can you multiply W by to get the amount of bottled water.

Solution:

Total volume of water = amount of water in each bottle x total number of bottles.

• W = b x 17

Therefore,

• W/b = 17

The equation that relates the number of bottle of water (b) to the total volume of the water (w) in fluid ounces is w = 17b.

We can multiply W by 1/b to get the amount of water stored in one bottle.