Question

4. Write an equation to represent each situation and then solve the equation.a. Andre drinks 15 ounces of water, which is 3/5 of a bottle. How much does the bottle hold? Use x for the number of ounces of water the bottle holds.

Answer 1

We have to write an equation to represent the situation.

We know that 15 oz are 3/5 of the volume of the water, that we will call x.

This can be written as:

$15=\frac{3}{5}x$

We can use it to find x as:

$\begin{gathered} 15=\frac{3}{5}x \\ x=\frac{5}{3}\cdot15 \\ x=25 \end{gathered}$

Answer:

The equation is 15 = 3/5*x.

The value of x is 25 ounces.