Question

You usually buy a 5.4 ounce bottle of lotion. There is a new bottle that says it gives you 20% more free. Write an equation to be used to find the size of the larger bottle, x.

Answer 1

6.7-x

over

x

Explanation:

That answer was not helpful I hope this one helps the first drop down is 6.7 then the second is - and the third is x below it is x

Answer 2

20% is 1/5 more so it is 1 1/5 times the size of the smaller one. 1 1/5 is 1.2 as a decimal (also 120% divided by 100).

Let's take the smaller bottle to be y.

x=1.2y
x=1.2*5.4=6.48 ounces.