Question

A bottle holds 24 ounces of water. It has x ounces of water in it. What does 24 - x represent in the situation?

Answer 1

It represents the ounces of water that the bottle can still hold.

Answer 2

I represents the amount of water the bottle could hold, but does not currently have in it. (Aka the amount of space in the bottle, in terms of oz or water)

I hope this helps!