Drinking 8 fluid ounces of milk provides 270.0 milligrams of calcium. How many fluid ounces of milk provide 72.5 milligrams of c

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weqwewe [10]

3 years ago

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Drinking 8 fluid ounces of milk provides 270.0 milligrams of calcium. How many fluid ounces of milk provide 72.5 milligrams of c

alcium? Round to the nearest tenth.

Mathematics

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olga nikolaevna [1] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-25T00:23:46+03:00

olga nikolaevna [1]3 years ago

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I believe this is a problem dealing with proportions, so you could cross multiply and divide. so you would do 8/270 then x/72.5 , you cross multiply 72.5x8 which equals 580. then you divide that answer by 100 which equals 5.8 (: