Question

A company claims that their new bottle holds 25% more laundry soap. If their original container held 53 fluid ounces of soap, how much does the new container hold?

a) 66.25 fluid ounces. The new container holds 125% as much soap as the original container.
b) 66.25 fluid ounces, it holds 35% more.
c) 53 * 1.25 = 66.25
d) My result is not here

Answer 1

The new container holds c) 66.25 fluid ounces of laundry soap.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how much the new container holds, we need to increase the original amount by 25%. The original container held 53 fluid ounces, so we can find the amount in the new container by multiplying 53 by 1.25 (1 + 0.25). This gives us:

New container size = 53 * 1.25 = 66.25 fluid ounces

So, the new container holds 66.25 fluid ounces of laundry soap.