At the greenhouse where you work you need to make soil and vermiculite mixtures for potting plants. Flowering
bushes need a mixture of 70% soil and 30% vermiculite by volume. About how many buckets of vermiculite should
you add to 5 buckets of soil?
Cross multiply and solve for x.
70/30 = 5/x
11.5
To determine the number of buckets of vermiculite needed to be added to 5 buckets of soil, we can use the given mixture ratio of 70% soil and 30% vermiculite.
Step 1: Calculate the volume of vermiculite needed.
- The ratio states that for every 100 units of the mixture (combined soil and vermiculite), 30 units must be vermiculite.
- Since we have 5 buckets of soil, which can be considered as 100 units in this context, we need to find 30% of 5 buckets.
30% of 5 buckets = (30/100) * 5 buckets = 1.5 buckets
Therefore, you should add approximately 1.5 buckets of vermiculite to 5 buckets of soil.
To figure out how many buckets of vermiculite you should add to 5 buckets of soil, you'll need to calculate 30% of 5 buckets.
Step 1: Calculate 30% of 5 buckets:
30% of 5 = (30/100) * 5 = 1.5 buckets
Therefore, you should add 1.5 buckets of vermiculite to 5 buckets of soil.