Question

MathXL for School: Practice & Problem Solving 6.PS-25 spishop People use water to cook, clean, and drink every day. An estimate of 23.1% of the water used each day is for drinking. If a family uses 69.3 gallons of water a day for drinking, how many gallons do they use every day? gallons (Type a whole number)​

Answer 1

the family uses 300 gallons of water every day.

Explanation:

We can use a proportion to solve the problem:

drinking water used / total water used = drinking water percentage / 100

Let x be the total water used every day in gallons. Substituting the given values, we get:

69.3 / x = 23.1 / 100

To solve for x, we can cross-multiply and simplify:

69.3 * 100 = x * 23.1

6930 = 23.1x

x = 300

Therefore, the family uses 300 gallons of water every day.