Question

There are 4 cups in 1 quart. To wash windows, 2 cups of Rid-a-Spot are to be mixed with 5 cups of water. How many quarts of this mixture can be made from the 1-quart container of Rid-a-Spot? Express your answer as a decimal to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

Answer:

3.5 quarts of this mixture can be made from the 1-quart container of Rid-a-Spot.

Step-by-step explanation:

2 cups of Rid-a-Spot are to be mixed with 5 cups of water.

Then cups of water require for 1 cup of Rid-a-Spot = $\frac{5}{2} cup=2.5 cup$

Given :  4 cups = 1 quart

$1 cup=\frac{1}{4} quart=0.25 quart$

$2.5 cup=\frac{2.5}{4} quart=0.625 quart$

So, 0.25 quart of Rid-a-Spot requires 0.625 quarts of water.

Then 1 quart of Rid-a-Spot requires :

$\frac{0.625 quarts}{0.25}=2.5 quart$ of water

Total volume of the mixture = 1 quart + 2.5 quart=3.5 quart

3.5 quarts of this mixture can be made from the 1-quart container of Rid-a-Spot.