Question

4. Nine fruit juice bottles contain 4 1/2 litres of fruit juice between them.

How much juice do five bottles hold?

`4 (1)/(2) litres`
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Answer 1

2
`(1)/(2)` litres or 2.5 litres

Explanation:

From the question, 9 fruit juice bottles contain 4
`(1)/(2)` litres of fruit juice. Therefore, to find how many litres of fruit juice would be contained in 5 fruit juice bottles, you multiply 5 by 4
`(1)/(2)` litres and you divide the product by 9.

i.e. Let the quantity of the fruit juice for 5 bottles be x.

9 juice bottles ===> 4
`(1)/(2)` litres

5 juice bottles ===> x

∴x =
`(5 * 4(1)/(2) )/(9) litres`

x =
`(5 * 4.5)/(9) litres`

x =
`(22.5)/(9) litres`

x = 2.5 litres or 2
`(1)/(2)` litres

Hope this helps!!!