Question

It takes 0.5 gallon of cream to make 1 pound of butter.

A.How much butter could you make with 0.25 gallons of cream?

B.How much cream would you need to make 2.5 pounds of butter?

pst. 50 points on the line

Answer 1

A) .5 pounds
B) 1.25 gallons

Answer 2

Using proportions, it is found that:

A. 0.5 pounds of butter.

B. 1.25 gallons of cream.

• These questions are solved by proportions, using a rule of three, due to the relation given(0.5 gallon of cream - 1 pound of butter).

Item a:

• x pounds for 0.25 gallons.

The rule of three is:

0.5 gallon of cream - 1 pound of butter

0.25 gallons of cream - x pounds of butter

Applying cross multiplication:

$0.5x = 0.25$

$x = \frac{0.25}{0.5}$

$x = 0.5$

Thus, you could make 0.5 pounds of butter.

Item b:

0.5 gallon of cream - 1 pound of butter

x gallons of cream - 2.5 pounds of butter

$x = 2.5(0.5) = 1.25$

You would need 1.25 gallons of cream.

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