Question

How many 1 1/2 liter bottles of water does it take to fill a 16 liter jug? show work​

Answer 1

Answer: 11 bottles approximately.

Step-by-step explanation:

The first step you can  apply in order to solve this exercise, is to convert the mixed  number to a decimal number. The procedure to this is:

1. Divide the numerator 1 by the denominator 2.

2. Add the quotient obtained to the whole number part.

Then, this is:

$1\frac{1}{2} =1+\frac{1}{2}=1+0.5=1.5$

According to the information provided in the exercise,  a jug of 16 liters must be filled using  bottles of 1.5 liters of water.

So, let be "x" the amount of 1.5 liters bottles of water that takes the fill the jug of 16 liters.

To find the value of "x", you need to divide 16 liters by 1.5 liters. Then:

$\frac{16\ liters}{1.5}=10.6\approx11$