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A regular bottle of sunscreen contains 12oz of lotion. the family sized bottle contains 20% more. Joe buyz 4 family sized bottle of sunscreen and assumes this will be at least 50 ounces of sunscreen. Is joe's estimate correct?

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Yes there will definitely more than 50 ounces
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In order to figure out how much sunscreen he has EXACTLY we can use the expression 12 + .2(12), which is the 12 ounces regular size plus 20% of the regular size. Doing that math, we get that the family size is 14.4 ounces. 4 bottles, then, would be 14.4 * 4 which is an even 72 ounces. So yes, he has at least 50 ounces, but his estimation is quite a bit off.
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