Josiah is trying to drink more water, so he has been keeping a log of how much water he drinks. Josiah drank $60$ ounces of water two days ago. Yesterday, he drank $65\%$ more than that amount. How much water did he drink yesterday? $\newline$ ____ ounces

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Q. Josiah is trying to drink more water, so he has been keeping a log of how much water he drinks. Josiah drank

60

ounces of water two days ago. Yesterday, he drank

65\%

more than that amount. How much water did he drink yesterday?

\newline

____ ounces

Calculate Additional Water: Calculate the additional amount of water Josiah drank, which is $65\%$ of $60$ ounces. $\newline$ Calculation: $65\%$ of $60 = 0.65 \times 60 = 39$ ounces.
Find Total Amount Drank: Add the additional $39$ ounces to the original $60$ ounces to find the total amount of water Josiah drank yesterday. $\newline$ Calculation: $60 + 39 = 99$ ounces.