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10. A batch of soup makes 7 pints. How many liters is that? (1 pt = 0.47 L. Set up a proportion and solve using means and extremes.help

User Timber
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you can use cross multiplication

one pints is equal to 0.47L


\begin{gathered} 1pt\longrightarrow0.47l \\ 7pt\longrightarrow x \end{gathered}

where x is the liters on 7pt


\begin{gathered} x=(7pt*0.47l)/(1pt) \\ x=3.29 \end{gathered}

the proportion is 0.47L per pints

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