SOLUTION: you have 60 percent of a bottle of raspberry syrup remaining if 10 fluid ounces were used, how many fluid ounces did the bottle originally hold?

SOLUTION: you have 60 percent of a bottle of raspberry syrup remaining if 10 fluid ounces were used, how many fluid ounces did the bottle originally hold?

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Question 454737: you have 60 percent of a bottle of raspberry syrup remaining if 10 fluid ounces were used, how many fluid ounces did the bottle originally hold?
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1-.6=.4
10 oz.=40%x
.4x=10
x=10/.4=25
The bottle originally held 25 oz..
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