If I have 4 liters of water and the direction say 1:20 parts how much do I need?

Answer 1

Do you mean 1 part of x to 20 parts of water or 1 part of water to 20 parts of ?

Basically it doesn't matter what the "part" is. So let's say your 1:20 means one part of x to 20 parts of water.

You could use:
1 cup of x with 20 cups of water...or
1 tsp of x with 20 tsps. of water..or
1 litre of x with 20 litres of water..or
1 half litre of x with 20 half litres of water (10 litres)..or
1 hat full of x with 20 hats full of water..or
1 beer bottle of x with 20 beer bottles of water..lol!

I know I'm getting silly there but the point I'm trying to make is that you can use any measurement container you want as long as you have 20 times as much water as x! (Assuming of course that the 1:20 ratio is meaning that the x stands for 1 and the water is the 20)

1/20 = x/4
x= .20 or 1/5 of a litre

So 1/5 of a litre of x to 4 litres of water...assuming you have the right measuring cup that will show you a fifth of a litre or 200ml. (A litre is 1000ml so divide that by 5 to get 200ml)

If you can't easily measure out 200mls it's so much easier to follow the "beer bottle method". (-; You can do it anywhere with any container. (-;


Does that make sense?

(nemidaelios you said the same thing I just did so I am not wrong. You said 1/5 of a litre of liquid. 1/5th of a litre is 200mls. That's what I said..that's what the others said..and that's what you said. It isn't rocket science bub!)

(to_700million_idiots...I hate to tell you this but .20 does not work out to 80 litres! You just multipled .20 times 4 and got .80 and decided this was the same as 80!
First of all the ratio is 1 to twenty, not 4 to twenty and even if it were 4 to 20, you still wouldn't get 80 litres! I hope the asker completely disregards your answer. Sorry.)

Answer 2

That is not a healthy regime. Firstly, drinking water doesn't help you lose weight and secondly, drinking an excessive amount of water (four or more litres at one time is excessive) will only wash minerals and trace elements out of your system. Not a good idea at all. Stick with the martial arts and yoga, and whatever other exercise you want, but if you're serious about losing weight, take a close look at the meals you are planning to eat. You can likely trim a lot of excess calories from them (take off the butter, mayo, ketchup, sauces of all types) without jeopardizing your nutritional needs.

Answer 3

BOTH OF THE PREVIOUS ANSWERS ARE WRONG.

The measure 1:20 parts is a RATIO. It specifies the proportion of one thing to another.

So, say you have 1 gram of salt and need to have 1:20 salt to water. You would then need to have 20 parts of water for every part salt; if you have one gram of salt then you could let your 'part' be 1 gram, and thus you would need 20 grams of water.

If you wanted to know how much of something to add to 4 liters of water to get a ratio of 1:20, just add 1/5th of a liter of a liquid, or 200 grams of a solid.

Answer 4

dilution of 1 in 20

but you need two components you have only mentioned water

if you intend using all 4 litres of water then the other component is either 80 litres or 0.2 litres


The next problem is by weight or by volume
is the other component a liquid or a solid?

Answer 5

1/20th of 4 L or 4/20 L = 1/5L = 200mL

I think

Answer 6

A fifth of a liter, or 200 ml.