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 a point

Answer 1

To determine how many more towels can be stored, we first need to find out how many towels the small bin can hold.

Since the small bin can hold three-fourths of the volume of the large bin, we can calculate its capacity as follows:

1. Capacity of the large bin = 44 towels
2. Capacity of the small bin = \( \frac{3}{4} \times 44 = 33 \) towels

Now that we know the small bin can hold 33 towels, we can find out how many more towels can still be added to the small bin:

1. Towels already in the small bin = 17
2. Remaining capacity in the small bin = \( 33 - 17 = 16 \) towels

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