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?

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asked Feb 6, 2019 209k views

2 Answers

Sougonde · Answer 1 · 2019-02-08T10:43:21+0000

Answer

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

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

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

Chibuike · Answer 2 · 2019-02-09T23:52:23+0000

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

$\framebox{10 applications can be made}$