A 96-ounce bottle of laundry detergent can be used to wash 64 loads of laundry. What is the total number of loads of laundry that can be washed using a 60-ounce bottle of the same detergent?

2 Answers
Jun 26, 2018

color(blue)(40 " loads")

Explanation:

If:

96"oz"=64"loads"

1"oz"=64/96=2/3

Then:

60xx2/3=40

60"oz" bottle washes 40 " loads"

Jun 26, 2018

40 loads of laundry can be washed.

Explanation:

Let x be the number of laundry loads that the 60 ounce bottle can wash. We can describe the problem as a set of ratios:

96 (ounces of detergent) // 64 (loads of laundry) = 60//x

Let's set them equal to each other and solve for x. Let's remember that when a/b=c/d, ad=bc:

96/64=60/x
96x=60**64
96x=3840
x=40

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