Question

8 gallons of soil are needed to fill o large plantpots. How many gallons are needed to fill 1 pot?Give your answer as a mixed number.

Answer 1

Let be "x" the amount of gallons of soil needed to fill 1 plant pot.

According to the information given in the exercise, you need 8 gallons of soil to fill 6 large plant plots. Then, using this information you can set up the following proportion:

`(8)/(6)=(x)/(1)`

Now you need to solve for the variable "x", in order to find its value:

1. Remember that:

`(a)/(1)=a`

Then:

`(8)/(6)=x`

2. Finally you can simplify the fraction:

`x=(4)/(3)`

In order to write the result as a Mixed number, you can follow this steps:

- Divide the numerator by the denominator.

- The Quotient will be the whole part of the Mixed number.

- The Remainder will be the new numerator.

- Use the original denominator 3.

Then, you get:

`x=1(1)/(3)`

The answer is:

`1(1)/(3)gallons`