Question

10. A batch of soup makes 7 pints. How many liters is that? (1 pt = 0.47 L. Set up a proportion and solve using means and extremes.help

Answer 1

ok

you can use cross multiplication

one pints is equal to 0.47L

`\begin{gathered} 1pt\longrightarrow0.47l \\ 7pt\longrightarrow x \end{gathered}`

where x is the liters on 7pt

`\begin{gathered} x=(7pt*0.47l)/(1pt) \\ x=3.29 \end{gathered}`

the proportion is 0.47L per pints