Celine has a bottle that contains 20% of milk and the rest water. The bottle has 1 liter of water.
Part A: Write an equation in one variable that can be used to find the total number of liters of milk and water in the bottle. Define the variable used in the equation. (5 points)

Part B: How many liters of milk are present in the bottle? Show your work.

Question

Celine has a bottle that contains 20% of milk and the rest water. The bottle has 1 liter of water.
Part A: Write an equation in one variable that can be used to find the total number of liters of milk and water in the bottle. Define the variable used in the equation. (5 points)

Part B: How many liters of milk are present in the bottle? Show your work.

anonymous · Answer

canu you help me

bowtie_man123 · Answer

sorry but i don't know this

misty1212 · Answer

if it has 20% milk then it must be 80% water right?

misty1212 · Answer

you don't know how big the bottle if, so lets call it $x$ 
what  you do know is that \)802\%\) of $x$ is one liter, you can write 
$$0.8x=1$$ and solve for $x$

anonymous · Answer

we know how big the bottle is it is 1 liter

misty1212 · Answer

no dear, read it carefully

misty1212 · Answer

The bottle has 1 LITER OF WATER