Question

A gallon of Moo Milk costs \$5.12$5.12dollar sign, 5, point, 12. What is the price, in dollars, of an 888 ounce glass of Moo Milk? There are 128128128 ounces in 111 gallon.

Answer 1

0.32

Explanation:

The ration of gallons to cost is 1:$5.12

We want to know the ratio of ounce to cost.

We need to convert gallons to ounces.

There are 128 ounces in 1 gallon.

So, if one Moo Milk costs $5.12, then 128 ounces also cost $5.12

The ratio of ounces to cost is 128:$5.12

Now, we can find an equivalent ratio to find the cost for 1 ounce.

Then we can multiply by 8 to find the cost of 8 ounces

Ounces ---------> Cost

128 ------------> 5.12 (Both divided by 128)

1 -------------> 0.04 (Both times 8)

8 ------------> 0.32

An 8 ounce of Moo Milk costs $0.32

Answer 2

The correct statement is:
A gallon of Moo Milk costs $5.12 What is the price, in dollars, of an 8 ounce glass of Moo Milk? There are 128 ounces in 1 gallon.

Solution:
Cost of 1 gallon of Moo Milk = $ 5.12

1 gallon = 128 ounces, so we can write:

Cost of 128 ounces of Moo Milk = $ 5.12

Cost of 1 ounce of Moo Milk = $ 5.12/128 = $ 0.04

Cost of 8 ounces of Moo Milk = $ 0.04 x 8 = $ 0.32

Thus, 8 ounces of Moo Milk will cost $ 0.32