Question

Whoever gets this correct gets brain, 5 stars and a thanks! An explanation of it would be amazing! Tysm!

Answer 1

D: 12

Explanation:

1) So what I did at first was convert the fractions into decimals.

(Personally, this makes it easier, for me at least)

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  `(1)/(4) = 0.25\\`

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  `(3)/(5) = 0.60`

2) The problem states that for every 0.25 cups of broccoli, 0.60 grams of fiber are added as well to the mix. You can also convert this into a fraction. (It doesn't matter which one is the numerator/denominator, but for this example, I used the 0.25 cups of broccoli as the numerator.

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  `(broccoli)/(fiber) =(0.25)/(0.60)`

3) Next step would be making another fraction. This time, the fraction is for the 5 cups of broccoli. Since we don't know the amount of grams for the fiber, we will replace it with an "x".

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  `(broccoli)/(fiber) =(5)/(x)`

4) Realize, that |
`(0.25)/(0.60) =(5)/(x)` | To figure out the answer to this part, you can cross-multiply

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  `0.25x = 5(0.60)`

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  `0.25x = 3`

5) Then at last, divide both sides by
`0.25` and you'll get:

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  `x=12`

Sorry this may have taken a long time; I just wanted to make sure everything was correct. Hope you do well on math, whether it's a test, or just homework. Good luck! :D