In her science project, Martina is observing how fast kitchen condiments can be dissolved in water she put 8.5 ounces of water into each of 5 containers. Complete the equation that models the total amount of water ,w, Martina used

Answer 1

To model the total amount of water, \( w \), that Martina used, you can use the following equation:

\[ w = \text{number of containers} \times \text{amount of water per container} \]

In this case, Martina has 5 containers and each container has 8.5 ounces of water. Therefore, the equation would be:

\[ w = 5 \times 8.5 \]

Calculating that gives:

\[ w = 42.5 \text{ ounces} \]

So the complete equation that models the total amount of water is:

\[ w = 5 \times 8.5 \]