Question

AT A CERTAIN FACTORY, PRODUCTS ARE MADE IN VATS THAT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO HOLD 100 QUARTS. IF EACH BOTTLE OF PRODUCT CONTAINS 10/115 QUART, HOW MANY BOTTLES CAN BE MADE FROM EACH?

Answer 1

This appears to be a division problem.

Answer 2

vat=100 quarts
bottle=10/115 quarts
answer=bottle/vats=(10/115)/100=1/1150
1150 bottles

Answer 3

OKAY THANK YOU

Answer 4

Well, except that it makes no sense to do it upside down and magically come up with the final result.

Converting vats to bottles: \(1\;vat\cdot\dfrac{100\;quarts}{1\;vat}\dfrac{1\;bottles}{(10/115)\;quarts} = \dfrac{100}{10/115} bottles\)

One should TRY to be systematic and proceed in some logical progression of behaviors.