Question

If skim milk is 87% water, how many cups of skim milk contain 3.58 cups of water?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

there are 3.48 cups of water in 4 cups of skim milk

hope it helps!

Answer 2

Answer:

4.11 cups of skim milk

Step-by-step explanation:

You can get the answer by knowing the value of a cup in milliliters first.

• 1 cup = 250 ml  

Let's convert 3.58 cups to ml by using the multiplication operation.

• 3.58 x 250 = 895 ml

895 ml is 87% of skim milk.

Let's convert this into an equation. Let x be the amount of skim milk.

895 = 87% of x

895 = 0.87(x)

x = $\frac{895}{0.87}$

x = 1,028.73 ml

Now that we know the amount of skim milk, let's convert it to cups.

1,028.73 ml ÷ 250 ml = 4.11 cups

Let's check.

• 4.11 x 87% = 3.5757 or 3.58 cups (It's correct).