Question

A company claims that their new bottle holds 25% more laundry soap. If their original container held 42 fluid ounces of soap, how much does the new container hold?
The new container holds ___ fluid ounces.
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Answer 1

Answer:

52,5

It holds 10.5 more laundry soap

Answer 2

Two ways to look at this. Either way, we convert 25% to a decimal by dividing by 100, = 0.25

One way is to multiply 42 x 0.25 = 10.5. That tells us how many ounces are added. Then add 42 + 10.5 = 52.5 ounces

The other way is to multiply 42 x 1.25 = 52.5
In this equation, the 1 represents the original 42 oz, and the .25 represents the extra ounces.

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