Question

Sean started a lemonade stand for the summer. He puts exactly 6 lemons in each pitcher. If he used 20 lemons, how many pitchers did he make today?

Answer 1

We can solve this problem by applying the rule of three:

`\begin{gathered} 6\text{ lemons ----- 1 pitcher} \\ 20\text{ lemons ---- x} \end{gathered}`

then, we have

`x=((20)(1))/(6)`

which gives

`\begin{gathered} x=(20)/(6) \\ x=(10)/(3) \end{gathered}`

If we convert this result into a mixed fraction form, we have

`(10)/(3)=3(1)/(3)`

this means that Sean maked 3 and 1/3 pitchers today.