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

First, we need to find out how many towels the small bin can hold. Since the small bin can hold three-fourths the volume of a large bin, we can calculate the maximum capacity of the small bin:

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

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

\[ \text{Towels remaining in small bin} = 33 - 17 = 16 \text{ towels} \]

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