Question

Elena has some bottles of water that each holds 17 fluid ounces. Write an equation that relates the number of bottles of water (b) to the total volume of water (w) in fluid ounces.

1) How much water is in 51 bottles?

2) How many bottles does it take to hold 51 fluid ounces of water?

Answer 1

Answer: The equation that relates b to w is 17b=w

1) How much water is in 51 bottles? : 867 fluid ounces

2) How many bottles does it take to hold 51 fluid ounces of water? : 3 bottles

Step-by-step explanation: If you want an explanation, here you go:

For the first question (how much water is in 51 bottles), you use the equation that I wrote, 17b=w. Substitute the b with the amount of bottles, 51, and just solve for the variable, w. You get (17*51=) 867 fluid ounces.

For the second question (how many bottles does it take to hold 51 fluid ounces of water), you simply divide. 51/17=?. ?=3 bottles.

Hope this helps, you can use a calculator to check my work.