Question

4. A gardener has 3.3 pounds of soil . He needs to store the soil in containers that each hold 0.55 of a pound of sol. How many containers will he need for all the soil? type

Answer 1

In order to calculate how many containers will be needed, we can use a rule of three:

`\begin{gathered} 1\text{ container}\to0.55\text{ pounds of soil} \\ x\text{ containers}\to3.3\text{ pounds of soil} \\ \\ (1)/(x)=(0.55)/(3.3) \\ x=(3.3)/(0.55) \\ x=6 \end{gathered}`

So it will be needed 6 containers.