Question:
A planting bed contains 0.75 tons of soil. A landscaper will apply fertilizer to the bed. The directions say to apply 1 ounce of fertilizer for every 100 pounds of soil.
How many ounces of fertilizer should the landscaper apply?
Answer:
15 ounces
You would be correct. Direct reasoning you already have your teacher who told you what would happen you are simply doing a reaction because of her.
Let's solve your inequality step-by-step.
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a − 8 </span>+ 15 </span>> <span>23
</span></span>Step 1: Simplify both sides of the inequality.
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−1/</span>8</span>a </span>+ 15 </span>> 23
</span>
Step 2: Subtract 15 from both sides.
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−1/</span>8</span>a </span>+ 15 </span>− 15 </span>> <span>23 − 15
</span></span><span><span><span><span>
−1/</span>8</span>a </span>> 8
</span>
Step 3: Multiply both sides by 8/(-1).
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(<span>8/<span>−1</span></span>) </span>* <span>(<span><span><span>−1/</span>8</span>a</span>) </span></span>> <span><span>(<span>8/<span>−1</span></span>) </span>* <span>(8)
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a < <span>−<span>64
Therefore, the answer is a < -64! I hope this helped! :)</span></span></span>
Let x be a variable.
Using the ratio and the given number of 117, we can create the following formula:
1x + 3x + 9x = 117, where 3x is the cups of onion
Simplify this equation.
13x = 117
Divide both sides by 13
x = 9
We want to solve for 3x, so multiply both sides by 3
3x = 27
As I started earlier, 3x is how many cups of onions is needed; thus, 27 is our answer. Hope this helps! :)
