A shelf has different sizes of bottles of laundry detergent. This line plot shows the number of cups of laundry detergent in each bottle. Natalie buys a bottle of the size of laundry detergent that has 4 bottles on the shelf. She uses 18 cup for each load of laundry she does.

Question

How many loads of laundry can Natalie do with her bottle of laundry detergent?

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Line plot titled Bottles of Water. The number line is labeled Volume in cups and goes from 4 and 1 half to 5 and 3 fourths by fourths. There are 2 marks above 4 and 1 half, 4 marks above 4 and 3 fourths, 2 marks above 5, 5 marks above 5 and 1 fourth, 1 mark above 5 and 1 half, and 2 marks above 5 and 3 fourths.

Answer 1

To determine how many loads of laundry Natalie can do with her bottle of laundry detergent, we first need to identify the volume of the bottle she chose. According to your description of the line plot, there are 4 bottles at 4 and 3/4 cups.

Next, we need to calculate how many loads of laundry she can do with that volume. Given that she uses 18 cups for each load of laundry:

1. Convert 4 and 3/4 cups into a decimal or improper fraction for easier calculations:

   • 4 and 3/4 = 4 + 0.75 = 4.75 cups.

2. Determine how many loads of laundry she can do with her total volume of detergent.

   • Load capacity = Total detergent volume / detergent used per load
   • Load capacity = 4.75 cups / 18 cups/load

   To calculate that:

   • Load capacity = 4.75 / 18 ≈ 0.2639 loads

Since she cannot do a fraction of a load, Natalie can do 0 loads of laundry with her bottle of laundry detergent.

Thus, the answer is: 0 loads.