Question

A large bin can store up to 44 towels. A small bin can hold three-fourths the volume of a large bin. You have already put 17 in the small bin. How many more towels can you store?(1 point) You can store up to blank more towels.

Answer 1

First, we need to determine how many towels the small bin can hold. Since a large bin can store up to 44 towels, and the small bin can hold three-fourths of that volume, we calculate the capacity of the small bin as follows:

\[
\text{Capacity of small bin} = \frac{3}{4} \times 44 = 33 \text{ towels}
\]

You have already put 17 towels in the small bin. To find out how many more towels you can store, we subtract the number already in the bin from its total capacity:

\[
\text{More towels that can be added} = \text{Capacity of small bin} - \text{Towels already in small bin} = 33 - 17 = 16
\]

Therefore, you can store up to **16 more towels** in the small bin.