Since these are given in scientific notation, we can convert them to have the same powers of 10. Converting 4*10^12 to something times 10^7, we can get 4*10^5*10^7. So we divide 400000 by 8 to see how many times larger it is than 8. So we get 50000 times as our answer.

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2 years ago

To mix weed killer with water correctly it is necessary to mix 6 teaspoons of weed killer with 2 gallons of water. Find how many

igomit [66]

The correct proportion for mixing weedkiller with water is;

$6\text{tsp:}2\text{gal}$

When the entire box contains 12 teaspoons of weedkiller, we would now have;

$\begin{gathered} \frac{6}{2}=\frac{12}{x} \\ \text{Where;} \\ x=\text{gallons of water} \\ \text{Cross multiply and we'll have;} \\ x=\frac{12\times2}{6} \\ x=4 \end{gathered}$

ANSWER:

To mix 12 teaspoons of weedkiller, 4 gallons of water is needed.

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7 months ago

Period Posers question: Mo's number has 2 periods, in one period he has a 7 in the hundreds place in the other he has an 8 in th

Sidana [21]

780,120?

Attention:check before using this answer it may not be right.
Thank you.

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3 years ago