Question

What would the bottles purchased be and what would the bottles recycled be?

Answer 1

Part A

Your problem statement already shows you the conversion.

Bottles purchased: 5×10¹⁰

Bottles recycled: 8.3×10⁹

Part B

The ratio of bottles purchased to bottles recycled is

... (5×10¹⁰)/(8.3×10⁹) = 0.6×10¹ = 6.0

The number of bottles purchased is 6 times the number of bottles recycle.