55/8 cups of water fill 4 1/2 identical water bottles. how many cups fill each bottle?

1.25 cups will fill each bottle

If 5 5/8 cups of water fill 4 1/2 identical water bottles, this can be expressed as;

To get the number of cups that will fill each bottle, this will give:

Divide both expressions

5.625/x = 4.5/1

4.5x = 5.625

x = 5.625/4.5

x = 1.25

Hence 1.25 cups will fill each bottle

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5/4 cups fill each bottle

Step-by-step explanation:

5 5/8=45/8

4 1/2=9/2

(45/8)/(9/2)

(45/8)(2/9)

(45/4)(1/9)

45/36

5/4