Question

Question: James is a shop owner. He gives his customers a full bottle of soft drink in return for five empty bottles. William has 77 empty bottles and he can use them to get full soft drink bottles. How many filled bottles will he be able to collect?

Answer 1

total empty bottles = 77
for 5 empty bottles = 1 full bottle of soft drink
thus for 77 empty bottles = 77/5 = 15 full bottles
(the decimal values are neglected)

Answer 2

Answer:

For 77 empty bottles he get 15 filled bottle.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : James is a shop owner. He gives his customers a full bottle of soft drink in return for five empty bottles. William has 77 empty bottles and he can use them to get full soft drink bottles.

To find : How many filled bottles will he be able to collect?

Solution :

Total empty bottles = 77

Owner gave 1 full bottle in return of 5 bottle

i.e, 5 empty bottle = 1 filled bottle 

For 1 empty bottle = $\frac{1}{5}$ filled bottle

For 77 empty bottle = $\frac{77}{5}$ filled bottle

For 77 empty bottle = 15.4 filled bottle

Approximately, For 77 empty bottles he get 15 filled bottle.