SOLUTION: please help me solve this problem: A bottle filled with water weighs 9.6 kilograms. If the water by itself weighs 5 times as much as the bottle, what is the weight of the bottle?
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Question 346772: please help me solve this problem: A bottle filled with water weighs 9.6 kilograms. If the water by itself weighs 5 times as much as the bottle, what is the weight of the bottle?
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x=weight of the bottle.
5x=weight of the water.
x+5x=9.6
6x=9.6
x=9.6/6
x=16 ounces is the weight of the bottle.
5*16=80 ounces is the weight of the water.
Proof:
16+80=96
96=96
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