Question

I need help I am doing 8th grade conversion factors and there is only one way my teacher wants me to do it.

Answer 1

Conversion factors are the numbers for which we need to multiply a certain variable to convert it to another unit. In this case we need to convert gallons to cups, which have a conversion factor of 16 and minutes to seconds, which has a conversion rate of 60. Doing this we have:

`\text{capacity = 24 gallons }\cdot\text{ 16 = }384\text{ cups}`
`\text{time = 5 minutes }\cdot\text{ 60 = }300\text{ s}`

The rate is:

`\text{rate = }(384)/(300)\text{ = }1.28\text{ }(cups)/(s)`