Question

Please help the answer choices are northwest,northeast,central,southwest,southeast for both of the boxes. GIVING 20 POINTS FOR THIS QUESTION!!

Timothy is reviewing the results of a soil saturation study that was completed in April of this year. The amounts of soil saturation in different parts of the county are provided in the table below.


Northwest 0.2

Northeast 0.504

Central 0.288

Southwest 0.6

Southeast 0.96



Last year, the average soil saturation in the entire county in April was 0.24. Complete the comparison statements about the soil saturation from each year.


Given the information from the study, the average soil saturation for the county last year is 1.2 times the saturation reported for the_________part of the county this year.


Also, the average soil saturation for the county last year is 0.25 of the saturation reported for the________part of the county this year.

Answer 1

1. Northwest 2. Southeast

Explanation:

So, basically, here we have to compare two values. When we want to know how many times one value is bigger or smaller than the other one, we use division.

Here, we are given the value of average soil saturation in the entire county from the last year (0.24)and we want to compare it to this year's values.

First, we know that last year's value was 1.2 times greater than one of the region's this year. To find that value, the easiest thing to do is to divide:

0.24 / 1.2 = 0.2

That means that 0.24 is 1.2 times bigger then 0.2. Looking at this year's results we find that 0.2 was the saturation of NORTHWEST region.

For the second part of the question, we'll do the same thing. Now, last year's value was 0.25 of one of the region's this year. To find it, again we divide:

0.24 / 0.25 = 0.96

Again, looking at this year's results, we see that 0.96 was the saturation of SOUTHEAST region.