2007-07-01 13:10:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
a bottle of liquid tide contains 100 fluid ounces. If one wash load requires 4 ounces of the detergent, how many washes can be done with one bottle of tide?
2007-07-01 13:16:25 · update #1
how do i set it up as problem?
2007-07-01 13:19:08 · update #2
my book tell me to write a proportion that can be used to solve the problem how do i do that?
2007-07-01 13:22:34 · update #3
To set it up as a proportion, you know how many washes can be done with 4 ounces, so you call that 1/4. You have a total of 100 ounces. You need to find the total number of washes; call that x. So, you set your proportions equal to each other:
1 wash/4 ounces = x washes/100 ounces
Cross multiply: 100 wash-ounces - = 4x wash-ounces.
Divide by 4 to solve for x: x = 100 wash-ounces/4ounces
= 25 washes
2007-07-01 13:45:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A fluid ounce and an ounce are the same thing. 100 divided by 4 equals 25 loads.
2007-07-01 13:20:02 · answer #2 · answered by Rahrah 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes "ounces" are used as unit of weight (e.g., 16 ounces to a pound). However, it can be used as a unit of volume too, in this case "fluid ounces" (where 16 fluid ounces makes a pint). One fluid ounce of water weighs one ounce.
They don't mention the density of the liquid anywhere on this problem, so just treat the ounces like fluid ounces.
2007-07-01 13:27:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
25 (100 divided by 4)
2007-07-01 13:19:46 · answer #4 · answered by 2huskies 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Fluid ounce and an ounce are the same weight.
2007-07-01 13:12:39 · answer #5 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Are you trying to get me to do your homework? lol
2007-07-01 13:17:07 · answer #6 · answered by punkstarr189 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋