Question

Mauricio wants to fry 18 potatoes per hour for 3.5 hours. He can fry 6 potatoes using 1 liter of oil.

Answer 1

18 * 3.5 = 63

He wants to fry 63 potatoes

63/6 = 10.5

He will need 10.5 liters of oil to from potatoes for 3.5 hours.

Answer 2

Answer:

Mauricio needs 10.5 liters of oil for frying.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : Mauricio wants to fry 18 potatoes per hour for 3.5 hours. He can fry 6 potatoes using 1 liter of oil.

To find : How many liters of oil does Mauricio need for frying potatoes?

Solution :

Applying unitary method,

Mauricio can fry 6 potatoes using 1 liter of oil.

Mauricio can fry 1 potatoes using $\frac{1}{6}$ liter of oil.

Mauricio can fry 18 potatoes using $\frac{18}{6}=3$ liter of oil

Now, Mauricio fries 18 potatoes using 3 liters of oil per hour.

The total amount of oil needed by him =$3.5 \times 3 = 10.5$ liters.

Therefore, Mauricio needs 10.5 liters of oil for frying.