Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
You have to know how negative exponents "work" to understand this concept.
because if you want to make a negative exponent positive you put what the exponent is on under a 1. It follows then that you can go backwards from that and rewrite positive fractions with negative exponents.
Answer:
d.
Step-by-step explanation:
The answer is B. x = 65, y = 10.
Answer:
8 gallons of gasoline costs $30.63.
Step-by-step explanation:
Set up a proportion to solve for x, or the cost of 8 gallons of gasoline. The $47.86 goes on top of the first ratio, and 12.5 goes on top of the second. This is because the $47.86 is the cost of the 12.5 gallons of gasoline. Next, put x on the bottom of the first ratio and 8 on the bottom of the second ratio. This is because the amount of money you are trying to find, x, is the cost of the 8 gallons of gasoline. The proportion should look like this: 
To solve the proportion, use cross multiplication. To do that, multiply 8 by 47.86 to get 382.88. Then, divide 382.88 by 12.5. The answer is 30.6304, so round to the nearest cent to get a total of $30.63.
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Step-by-step explanation:
gallons to quarts have the ratio 1:4.
there are 4 quarts in a gallon (hence the name of quarts by the way).
so, the question is really, which order pair have also a 1:4 ratio between x and y ?
(1, 4)
(2, 8)
(3, 12)
the (4, 1) would represent a 4:1 ratio.
and as you know, 4/1 is different to 1/4.
a ratio is nothing else than a fraction. just the "whole" is different.
the pure fraction 1/4 means that the whole is 4/4, has 4 times 1/4.
a ratio 1:4 (you can also write as 1/4) means that the whole has 5 (1+4) parts.
other than that they are compared and calculated with the same way as normal fractions.
