Question

James buys a 1.5-gallon jug of fruit punch and pours the punch, in equal volumes, into four pitchers.

a) Each pitcher contains 0.5 gallons of fruit punch.

b) Each pitcher contains 0.4 gallons of fruit punch.

c) Each pitcher contains 0.6 gallons of fruit punch.

d) Each pitcher contains 0.7 gallons of fruit punch.

Answer 1

The Mathematics question involves dividing 1.5 gallons of fruit punch evenly among four pitchers. The correct amount per pitcher is 0.375 gallons, which is not listed among the options, indicating there might be an error.

Step-by-step explanation:

The subject of this question is Mathematics, and it is at the middle school level. The student is provided with a situation where James buys a 1.5-gallon jug of fruit punch and needs to determine how much punch each of four pitchers will hold if the punch is divided equally.

To solve this, you need to divide the total volume of the fruit punch by the number of pitchers:

Volume of punch per pitcher = Total volume of punch ÷ Number of pitchers

1.5 gallons ÷ 4 = 0.375 gallons

However, none of the given options matches 0.375 gallons, so it seems there might be an error in the question or the provided options. If the student has to select from the given options, then none of them is correct based on the calculation.