Question

Kim bought a bottle of 250 ml orange juice. After Kim drank some of the orange juice, there were 183 ml of orange juice left in the bottle. What was the percentage decrease in the volume of orange juice?

Answer 1

% Volume decrease in the volume of juice is 26.8%.

Given:

• Kim bought a bottle of 250 ml orange juice.
• After Kim drank some of the orange juice, there were 183 ml of orange juice left in the bottle.

To find:

• What was the percentage decrease in the volume of orange juice?

Solution:

Concept/Formula to be used:

% volume decrease=$\bf \frac{Juice \: drank \: by \: kim}{Total \: volume \: of \: juice} \times 100$

Step 1:

Find the amount of juice drank by Kim.

Total volume of juice= 250 ml

Juice left in the bottle=183 ml

Juice drank by Kim= 250-183

Thus,

Juice drank by Kim =67 ml

Step 2:

Find the % decrease of juice.

% volume decrease=$\frac{67}{250} \times 100$%

or

$= \frac{67}{25 } \times 10$%

or

$= \frac{67 \times 2}{5}$%

or

% volume decrease$= 26.8$%

Thus,

% Volume decrease of juice is 26.8%.

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Answer 2

% Volume decrease in the volume of juice is $26.8$%.

Given:

Kim bought a bottle of $250 ml$ orange juice.

There was $183 ml$ of orange juice left in the bottle after Kim had consumed some of it.

To find:

What was the percentage decrease in the volume of orange juice?

Solution:

Concept/Formula to be used:

% volume decrease$=\frac{juice drank by kim}{total volume of juice} \times 100$

Step 1:

Find the amount of juice drank by Kim.

Total volume of juice$= 250 ml$

Juice left in the bottle$=183 ml$

Juice drank by Kim$= 250-183$

Thus,

Juice drank by Kim $=67 ml$

Step 2:

Find the % decrease of juice.

% volume decrease$=\frac{67}{250}\times 100$ %

or

$=\frac{67}{25} \times 10$ %

or

$=\frac{67\times 2}{5}$ %

or

% volume decrease $=26.8$%

Thus,

% volume decrease%

Thus,

% Volume decrease of juice is $26.8$%.

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