Question

Sara left a bin outside in her garden to collect rainwater. She notices that 1/8 gallon of water fills 2/3 of the bin. Write and solve an equation to find the amount of water that will fill the entire bin. Show your work. Explain your answer in words. If you can give a detailed explanation I will mark as brainliest and (50 points)

Answer 1

Answer: 3/16 gallons of water

Step-by-step explanation:

With any fraction, if you multiply it by its reciprocal, it equals 1.  (ex: 3/4*4/3=1, 1/2*2/1=1, 71/256*256/71=1)  Thus, 2/3*3/2=1.  Because 2/3 of the bin=1/8 gallon, simply multiply both sides of the equation by 3/2 and you will get that 1 bin of water=0.1875 gallons of water, or 3/16 gallons of water.

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