Elton pours 41 1/4 ounces of water from a large pitcher into a bottle. That amount is 2/5 of the water that was in the pitcher.

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Elton pours 41 1/4 ounces of water from a large pitcher into a bottle. That amount is 2/5 of the water that was in the pitcher.

There were _____ ounces of water in the pitcher.
Write your answer as a mixed number in lower terms.

Mathematics

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Lostsunrise [7] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-07T10:14:10+03:00

Okay. 41 1/4 is 2/5 if what was previously in the pitcher. In this case, we have to divide to see how much was previously in the pitcher. We convert 41 1/4 to an improper fraction, which is 165/4. Then we must keep that fraction the same, change the sign to a multiplication sign, and flip the second fraction over. So turn 2/5 into 5/2. 165/4 * 5/2. When you do that, you should get 825/8 or 103 1/8 when simplifies. There were 103 1/8 ounces of water in the pitcher.