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)

Question

You can store up to ____ more towels.

Answer 1

To find out how many more towels you can store in the small bin, first, we need to determine its capacity.

A large bin can hold up to 44 towels. A small bin holds three-fourths of that volume, which can be calculated as:

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

You have already put 17 towels in the small bin. To find out how many more towels can still be stored, subtract the number of towels already in the small bin from its total capacity:

\[ \text{More towels that can be stored} = 33 - 17 = 16 \text{ towels} \]

Thus, you can store up to 16 more towels.