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

Question

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Answer 1

To model the total amount of water \( w \) that Martina used in her science project, you can represent it with the formula:

\[ w = 8.5 \times n \]

where \( n \) is the number of containers. Since Martina used 5 containers, you can substitute \( n \) with 5:

\[ w = 8.5 \times 5 \]

Now, calculating that gives:

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

So, the equation that models the total amount of water \( w \) is:

\[ w = 8.5 \times 5 \]

And the total amount of water Martina used is 42.5 ounces.