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5. The fuel for a chain saw is a mix of oil and

gasoline. The label says to mix 6 ounces of
oll with 16 gallons of gasoline. How much
all would you use if you had 32 gallons of
gasoline?

À 3 ounces C 18 ounces
B 12 ounces D 85.3 ounces

User Guus
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answer-

b- 12

explanation-

set it up as a proportion where 6 is over 16 and ‘x’ is over 32. since we know 32 is 2 times 16 we need to multiply 6 times 2 to get your final answer of 12.
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