Petrolyn motor oil is a combination of natural oil and synthetic oil. It contains 5 liters of natural oil for every 3 liters of

Question

4 years ago

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synthetic oil. If 255 liters of natural oil are used, how many liters of Petrolyn oil will be made?

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Olin [163] · Answer 1 · 2021-11-21T03:31:15+03:00

Olin [163]4 years ago

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Answer:

153 liters of Petrolyn oil

Step-by-step explanation:

This is a proportion to set this up you do the following:

Nat/Syn = Nat/Syn ; 5/3 = 255/Syn

Then you solve this equation by cross multiplication.

(255*3)/5 = Syn

153 = Synthetic(Petrolyn oil)