If the rule says I should mix 1 cup of fertilizer in every 1 gallon of water, how much fertilizer should I mix in 1 litre of water?
1 gallon = 16 cups
1 cup = 1 / 16 gallons
Proportion is:
1 cup of fertilizer / 1 gallon of water = 1 / 16
This proportion will also apply to liters.
1 / 16 liter of fertilizer / 1 liter of water
0.0625 liter of fertilizer / 1 liter of water
Since:
1liter = 1000 mililiters you can write the result as
62.5 mililiters of fertilizer / 1 liter of water
To determine how much fertilizer you should mix in 1 liter of water, we need to convert the given measurements to the same unit.
1 gallon is approximately equal to 3.785 liters. So, if the rule says to mix 1 cup of fertilizer in 1 gallon of water, we can convert this to liters by multiplying both sides of the ratio by the conversion factor:
1 cup fertilizer : 1 gallon water
1 cup fertilizer : 3.785 liters water
Now that we have the ratio in liters, we can use it to find the amount of fertilizer needed for 1 liter of water.
1 liter water * (1 cup fertilizer / 3.785 liters water) = 0.264 liters of fertilizer
Therefore, you would need to mix approximately 0.264 liters (264 milliliters) of fertilizer in 1 liter of water.