Students make 58.5 ounces of liquid soap for a craft fair. They put the soap in 4.5 ounce bottles and sell each bottle for $5.50. How much do the students earn if they sell all the bottles of liquid soap?

Step-by-step explanation:

first you want to divide the ounces of liquid soap we have by the ounce bottles we have (58.5 / 4.5 = 13 )

so now we know we have 13 bottles of liquid soap

then you want to multiply the 13 bottles of soap by how much they sell each bottle for ( 13 x 5.50 = 71.50 )

the the students would earn $71.50 if they sell all the bottles of liquid soap

hope that helps :)

cross multiplying, we get :

⇒ (3) × (5) = (9) × (x)

⇒ 15 = 9x