Question

You are on an alien planet where the names for substances and the units of measures are very unfamiliar.

Nonetheless, you obtain 29 quibs of a substance called skvarnick.

You can trade this skvarnick for gold coins, but the vendors all measure skvarnick in units of sleps; not quibs.

10 quibs is equal to 4 sleps.

If you have 29 quibs of skvarnick, how many sleps do you have?

Round your answer to the nearest tenth (one decimal place).

Answer 1

so a quib seems to be a unit of measure

and we have another unit called sleps

so sleps:quibs is some ratio
oh nice, 10quibs:4sleps



yo have 29 quibs

easy

29quibs:?sleps=10quibs:4sleps
ratio and proportion
29/?=10/4
times both sides by 4?
(4)(29)=10?
116=10?
divide both sides by 10
11.6=?


you have 1 11.6 sleps


anohter way

10quibs=4sleps
divide by 10 both sides
1quib=4/10 sleps=2/5 sleps
times 29 both sides
29 quibs=(29*2)/5=58/5=11.6 sleps


yo has 11.6 sleps

Answer 2

If we have 29 quibs of skvarnick they will be equal to 11.6 sleps.

Step-by-step explanation:

Mass of a substance called skvarnick = 29 quibs

10 quibs is equal to 4 sleps. This means that 1 quibs is equal to 0.4 sleps.

10 quibs = 4 sleps

1 quibs =
`(4)/(10) sleps = 0.4 sleps`

Then 29 quibs will be:

`29 quibs=29* 0.4 sleps =11.6 sleps`

If we have 29 quibs of skvarnick they will be equal to 11.6 sleps.