mr.nelson sold 147 bags of popcorn and 216 of water in 3 days. at this rate how many more bottles of water than bags of popcorn will mr. nelson sell in 5 days?
115
115
147 * 5/3 =
216 * 5/3 =
(note, everything is nicely divisible by 3)
then subtract
To find the number of bottles of water that Mr. Nelson will sell in 5 days, we first need to determine the daily rate at which he sells both bags of popcorn and bottles of water.
In 3 days, Mr. Nelson sold a total of 147 bags of popcorn and 216 bottles of water. We can calculate the daily rate for each item by dividing the total by the number of days:
Daily rate of bags of popcorn = 147 bags / 3 days = 49 bags per day
Daily rate of bottles of water = 216 bottles / 3 days = 72 bottles per day
Now we can determine the number of bags of popcorn and bottles of water he will sell in 5 days:
Number of bags of popcorn in 5 days = 5 days * 49 bags per day = 245 bags
Number of bottles of water in 5 days = 5 days * 72 bottles per day = 360 bottles
To find the difference between the number of bottles of water and bags of popcorn sold in 5 days, subtract the number of bags of popcorn from the number of bottles of water:
360 bottles - 245 bags = 115 more bottles of water than bags of popcorn
Therefore, Mr. Nelson will sell 115 more bottles of water than bags of popcorn in 5 days.