Question

A bottle of perfume holds 0.55 ounce. A bottle of cologne holds 0.2 ounce. How many more ounces does the bottle of perfume hold?

Answer 1

0.55
-0.20
---------
0.35

0.35 is the answer.

Answer 2

0.35 ounces

Explanation:

Given: A bottle of perfume holds 0.55 ounce. A bottle of cologne holds 0.2 ounce.

To find: How many more ounces does the bottle of perfume hold?

Solution:

To find how many more ounces does the bottle of perfume hold, we need to subtract the ounces a bottle of cologne holds from the ounces a bottle of perfume holds.

Here, a bottle of perfume holds 0.55 ounce, and a bottle of cologne holds 0.2 ounce.

So. the difference in the ounces of the perfume bottle

`=0.55-0.20=0.35`

Hence, the bottle of perfume holds 0.35 ounces more.