SOLUTION: Patrick bought 12 bottles of water and 9 bottles of juice. The volume of liquid in a bottle of water is 0.5 L. The total volume of water and juice in the bottles Patrick bought is

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Question 1171077: Patrick bought 12 bottles of water and 9 bottles of juice. The volume of liquid in a bottle of water is 0.5 L. The total volume of water and juice in the bottles Patrick bought is 12.3 L. What is the volume of liquid in a bottle of juice?
Answer by ikleyn(52898) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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This SUPER-simple problem deserves to be solved in one line


    the volume of liquid in a bottle of juice = %2812.3+-+12%2A0.5%29%2F9 = use your calculator.

Solved and explained.

By the way, the formula itself is SELF-EXPLANATORY.

It means that if you have question/questions, look into this formula and listen attentively what it will tell you.

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It is how me and my classmates solved such problems in my elementary school.

But we had no calculators at that time . . .