Question

A cream is sold in a 38-gram container.he average amount of cream used per application is 3 4/5 grams. How many applications can be made with the​ container?

Answer 1

`\boxed {\text {10 applications can be made with the container}}`

Detailed Explanation

We are going to divide in this problem to determine the amount of applications that can be made with the container.

`(38)/(1) / (19)/(5)`

Since, we are dividing we would need to reciprocate the divisor and multiply.

`(38)/(1) * (5)/(19)= (190)/(19)`

We have
`(190)/(19)` so we would need to divide
`190 / 19` in order to determine the amount of applications that can be made with the​ container.

Solve.

`190 / 19 = 10`

Our answer would be

`\boxed {\text {10 applications can be made with the container}}`

Answer 2

Hey!

Since each application uses 3 4/5 grams of cream and it's sold in a 38-gram container, you have to divide 38 by 3 4/5

`38 / 3 (4)/(5)`

Change both to improper fraction

`(38)/(1) / (19)/(5)`

Keep 38/1

Change ÷ to ×

Flip 19/5 = 5/19

That gives you:

`(38)/(1) * (5)/(19) = (190)/(19) = 10`

`\framebox{10 applications can be made}`