If it takes 4 ounces of insecticide to make 2/1/2 gallons of garden spray, how much spray can be made with 6 ounces of insecticide
My answer was x=24 is it right???
Do you mean 2 1/2 (2.5) gallons?
24 is far from the answer.
To find the amount of spray that can be made with 6 ounces of insecticide, we can use a proportion.
Let's set up the proportion using the given information:
4 ounces of insecticide makes 2 1/2 gallons of spray.
So, the proportion can be written as:
4 ounces / 2.5 gallons = 6 ounces / x gallons
To solve for x (the amount of spray that can be made with 6 ounces of insecticide), we can cross multiply and solve for x.
4 * x = 2.5 * 6
4x = 15
Dividing both sides by 4:
x = 15 / 4
Simplifying the fraction:
x = 3 3/4
Therefore, with 6 ounces of insecticide, you can make approximately 3 3/4 gallons of garden spray.
To answer this question, we need to use a proportion to find out how much garden spray can be made with 6 ounces of insecticide.
Let's set up the proportion using the given information:
4 ounces of insecticide = 2 1/2 gallons of garden spray
Now we can use this proportion to find x, which represents the amount of spray that can be made with 6 ounces of insecticide:
4 ounces of insecticide / 2 1/2 gallons of spray = 6 ounces of insecticide / x gallons of spray
To solve for x, we can cross-multiply:
(4 ounces of insecticide) * (x gallons of spray) = (6 ounces of insecticide) * (2 1/2 gallons of spray)
Simplifying, we have:
4x = 6 * 2.5
4x = 15
To isolate x, we divide both sides by 4:
x = 15 / 4
x = 3.75
Therefore, with 6 ounces of insecticide, you can make approximately 3.75 gallons of garden spray, not 24.