a 20oz can of infant formula makes 13 bottles. how many full bottles will 32oz make?

Question

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Answer 1

This is a simple ratio problem. you use what is known on one side on and what you have to find on the other. Keep like items on the top and bottom of the fractions. So your problem looks like this: 20 bottles uses 13 oz, so x bottles uses 32 ozs. The equation becomes 13/20 = x/32. multiplying both sides gives 32(13/20) = x You do the arithmetic...