Question

There are cups in a gallon.

The equation gives the number of cups in terms of the number of gallons.

Write an equation for this situation that gives the number of gallons in terms of the number of cups.

Answer 1

16c

Explanation:

Answer 2

g = 16c

Explanation:

Let's use g (the number of gallons) and c (the number of cups).

Since there are 16 cups in one gallon, the equation can be represented by:

one gallon = 16 cups →

g = 16c.

We use the coefficient to represent the quantity of cups needed to make one gallon.