A bottle of cooking wine is
19 full. When
17 of the cooking wine is poured out, there is 90 mℓ of cooking wine in the bottle. Find the capacity of the bottle in mℓ.
Fraction of the cooking wine left
= 1 -
17 =
67 Fraction of the bottle with the remaining cooking wine
=
19 x
67 =
221 2 u = 90
1 u = 90 ÷ 2 = 45
Capacity of the bottle
= 21 u
= 21 x 45
= 945 mℓ
Answer(s): 945 mℓ