Question

A cereal box advertises that it contains 20% more. It now contains 18.48 ounces. What was the original cereal box amount?

Answer 1

15.4 ounce is the original cereal box amount

Answer 2

If the new cereal box contains 20% more than the original cereal box, then the original cereal box contained 100% - 20% = 80% of the new cereal box.

Let X be the original cereal box amount in ounces, then we can set up the following equation:

X + 0.20X = 18.48

Simplifying and solving for X:

1.20X = 18.48

X = 15.40

Therefore, the original cereal box amount was 15.40 ounces.