Question

A sauce recipe uses 4 cans of tomatoes in every 212 quarts.

How many cans of tomatoes are used in each quart of the sauce?


Enter your answer in the box as a mixed number in simplest form.

Answer 1

Answer: 1 3/5

Explanation:

Answer 2

`1(3)/(5)\ cans`

Explanation:

The correct question is

A sauce recipe uses 4 cans of tomatoes in every 2 1/2 quarts.

How many cans of tomatoes are used in each quart of the sauce?

Let

x ----> the number of cans of tomatoes

we know that

`2(1)/(2)\ quarts=(2*2+1)/(2)=(5)/(2)\ quarts`

using proportion

`(4)/((5/2))(cans)/(quarts)=(x)/(1)(cans)/(quart)\\\\x=4/(5/2)\\\\x=(8)/(5)\ cans`

Convert to mixed number

`(8)/(5)\ cans=(5)/(5)+(3)/(5)=1(3)/(5)\ cans`