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Mais family drinks a total of 10 gallons of milk every 6 weeks. How many weeks does it take the family to consume 1 gallon of milk?

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Given:

Mais family drinks a total of 10 gallons of milk every six weeks.

The proportion per week is,


(10)/(6)=(5)/(3)

The number of weeks required for a family to consume 1 gallon of the milk is,


(6)/(10)=(3)/(5)=0.6

Answer: the family will need 0.6 weeks to consume 1 gallon of milk.

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