Question

Many water bottles contain 16 fluid ounces, or 1 pint, of water. Drink labels often show the number of fluid ounces and the number of milliliters in a container. How many milliliters are in a 16-fluid-ounce drink?29.6 milliliters = 1 fluid ouncesPart A-D

Answer 1

473.6 milliliters

Step-by-step explanation:

A. One rate is the conversion factor

First, we know that 29.6 milliliters are equivalent to 1 fluid ounce, so the first rate of the conversion factor is:

`\frac{29.6mL}{1\text{ fl oz}}`

B. The other rate relates the known amount to the unknown converted amount

Then, we want to know how many milliliters are in 16 fluid ounces, so the other rate is:

`\frac{x\text{ mL}}{16\text{ fl oz}}`

C. Set the rates equal to one another.

`\frac{29.6\text{ mL}}{1\text{ fl oz}}=\frac{x\text{ mL}}{16\text{ fl oz}}`

D. multiply both parts of the left rate by a number that will make the number of fluid ounces in the two rates the same.

The number that will make the fluid ounces in the two rates the same is 16, so we need to multiply by 16

`\frac{29.6\text{ mL x 16}}{1\text{ fl oz x 16}}=\frac{473.6\text{ mL}}{16\text{ fl oz}}`

Therefore, there are about 473.6 milliliters in 16 fluid ounces.